"wasteful" in German wasteful unnötig aufwändig unrationell verschwenderisch Detailed translations for "wasteful" wasteful 1. matter wasteful unnötig aufwändig wasteful unrationell{adjectiv} 2. other wasteful(also: squandering, prodigal, spendthrift, thriftless) verschwenderisch{adjectiv} Love is messy. It's illogical, it's wasteful and it's messy. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Liebe ist unordentlich, unlogisch, verschwenderisch und unordentlich. These ways are as wasteful and destructive as the others. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Diese Methoden sind so verschwenderisch wie die anderen. English synonyms for "wasteful" wasteful {s} uneconomical