wastefulness
noun
wastefulness is spelled W-A-S-T-E-F-U-L-N-E-S-S: 12 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wastefulness means “imprudent or excessive expenditure or the waste of resources” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wastefulness is wastefulnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in wastefulness?
| Letters | 12: W-A-S-T-E-F-U-L-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is wastefulness?
Wastefulness appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce wastefulness?
Wastefulness has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of wastefulness
- wastefulnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wastefulness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
imprudent or excessive expenditure or the waste of resources
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does wastefulness come from?
From Middle English wastfulnes; equivalent to wasteful + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).