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  • 51waste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Gradual loss or decay Nouns 1. waste, wastage; dissipation; dispersion; ebb; leakage, loss; wear and tear; extravagance, wastefulness, prodigality, conspicuous consumption; waste of time; jeunesse dorée; …

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  • 52wasteful — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. extravagant, profligate, dissipated, prodigal, liberal, immoderate, overgenerous, incontinent, thriftless, lavish, squandering, profuse, unthrifty, improvident, careless, reckless, cavalier, wild, full handed, without… …

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  • 53unthrifty — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Reckless, especially in the use of material resources: improvident, thriftless. See CAREFUL …

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  • 54Nonpreparation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Nonpreparation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 non preparation non preparation absence of preparation want of preparation Sgm: N 1 inculture| inculture| inconcoction| improvidence GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 immaturity immaturity… …

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  • 55Prodigality — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Prodigality >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 prodigality prodigality prodigence| Sgm: N 1 unthriftiness unthriftiness waste Sgm: N 1 profusion profusion profuseness Sgm: N 1 extravagance extravagance Sgm: N …

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  • 56improvident — a. Thriftless, unthrifty, imprudent, prodigal, wasteful, without forecast, without foresight, careless of the future …

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  • 57over-liberal — a. Lavish, profuse, prodigal, thriftless, unthrifty, extravagant, wasteful, too free …

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  • 58unthrifty — a. Thriftless, wasteful, lavish, profuse, prodigal, improvident, extravagant …

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  • 59wasteful — a. 1. Destructive, ruinous. 2. Lavish, prodigal, profuse, extravagant, thriftless, unthrifty, too free, too liberal, improvident …

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  • 60fast — I. v. n. Abstain from food, forbear eating, go without food, go hungry. II. n. 1. Fasting, abstinence from food. 2. Fast day, day of fasting, banyan day. 3. Time of fasting. 4. Rope (to fasten a vessel to wharf). III. a …

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