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Middle English
Etymology
From wast (“desolate”) + -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwaːstful/, /ˈwastful/
Noun
wastful (uncountable) (rare, Late Middle English)
- wasteful, profligate
- empty, deserted
- destructive, devastating
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