costfulとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

costful (comparative more costful, superlative most costful)

1. (archaic) Expensive; sumptuous.
2. Indicative of expenditure or loss; costly.
   • 1965, Bertie Charles Forbes, Forbes, volume 95, page 78:

     The fight against improved means, methods and materials in the construction industry, in shipping by rail or by sea, in the printing industry and most everywhere has been hugely costful to American consumers and involves a great waste of resources.

派生語

• costfully