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mottainai
i adjective (negative)

Alternate Written Forms:

[もっ()·たい()··]
mottainai
[もっ()·たい()·()·]
mottainai
[もっ()·たい()··]
mottainai
[もっ()·たい()·()·]
mottainai

Root Words:

mottai + nai

English Meaning(s) for もったいない

i adjective (negative)
  1. wasteful; a waste
  2. too good; more than one deserves; unworthy of
  3. impious; profane; sacrilegious

Definition and Synonyms for もったいない

Wasteful inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
Synonyms: もったいない, 不経済, 無駄

Stroke Order Diagrams for もったいない

Conjugations for もったいない

Adjective stem
mottaina
te-form
mottainakute
Adverbial Form
mottainaku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
mottainai
Present Indicative Negative Form
mottainakunai
Past Indicative Form
mottainakatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
mottainakunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
mottainakereba
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
mottainakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
mottainasa

Sample Sentences for もったいない

It's too sunny to stay inside.
What a waste of your lawyer qualifications!
Say that work is 8 hours, it feels like the three hour commute time is also work but you don't get any money for it. What a waste.
It's a waste to just have the central banks watching over commodity prices.
This is too good a chance to lose.

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