Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WASTE'FUL, a.

1. Lavish; prodigal; expending property or that which is valuable, without necessity or use; applied to persons.
2. Destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practice or negligence; wasteful expenses.
3. Desolate; unoccupied; untitled; uncultivated. In wilderness and wasteful deserts stray'd. – Spenser.