Wasteful and Economical

Wasteful: using or expending something of value carelessly
Synonyms: improvident, prodigal profligate, squander

  • Jessie handles all of the household financial matters because of his wife’s improvident spending habits.
  • Everyone wants to know how Harvey can live such a prodigal lifestyle on such a small salary.
  • Instead of being profligate consumers of energy we must think of saving.
  • By not taking his work sincerely Erika squandered an opportunity of making a career in advertising.

Economical:using minimum resources or using only what is necessary.
Synonyms: abstemious, frugal, niggardly, sparing

  • The best way to avoid becoming obese is by being abstemious and only eating what is necessary to survive.
  • Only if she were more frugal, she would not have put herself in so much debt.
  • Because the company president is niggardly, he hires only illegal immigrants so he can pay them low wages.
  • a profligate son, squandered all his sparing father’s savings.