What is waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled. [Obs.] In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed. Spenser. -- Waste"ful*ly, adv. -- Waste"ful*ness, n called?
wasteful — Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled. [Obs.] In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed. Spenser. -- Waste"ful*ly, adv. -- Waste"ful*ness, n. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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