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   waste

   /weɪst/

   verb

   • 1. use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose: "we can't afford to waste electricity" Similar squanderfritter awaymisspendmisusespend recklesslythrow awaylavishbe wasteful withdissipatespend like waterthrow around like confettigo throughrun throughexhaustdraindepleteburn upuse upconsumeinformal:blowsplurgeOpposite conserve
   • ▪ expend on an unappreciative recipient: "her small talk was wasted on this guest"
   • ▪ fail to make full or good use of: "we're wasted in this job"
   • ▪ deliberately dispose of (surplus stock): "20% of stock will need to be wasted"
   • 2. (of a person or a part of the body) become progressively weaker and more emaciated: "she was visibly wasting away" Similar grow weakwitheratrophybecome emaciatedshrivel upshrinkdecaydeclinewiltfadeflagdeterioratedegeneraterotmoulderlanguishbe abandonedbe neglectedbe forgottenbe disregardedOpposite flourishthrive
   • ▪ make progressively weaker and more emaciated: archaic "these symptoms wasted the patients very much"
   • 3. devastate or ruin (a place): literary "he seized their cattle and wasted their country"
   • ▪ kill or severely injure (someone): informal North American "I saw them waste the guy I worked for" Similar murderkilldo away withassassinateliquidatedo to deatheliminateterminatedispatchfinish offput to deathexecuteslaughterbutchermassacrewipe outdestroyannihilateeradicateexterminateextirpatedecimatemow downshoot downcut downcut to piecesinformal:bump offpolish offdo inknock offtoptake outcroakstifficeoffrub outwhacksmokeliterary:slay
   • 4. (of time) pass away: literary "the years were wasting"

   adjective

   • 1. (of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process: "ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly" Similar unwantedexcesssuperfluousleft overscrapextraunuseduselessworthlessunproductiveunusableunprofitableOpposite useful
   • 2. (of an area of land, typically an urban one) not used, cultivated, or built on: "a patch of waste ground" Similar uncultivatedbarrendesertunproductiveinfertileunfruitfularidbaredesolatesolitarylonelyemptyvoiduninhabitedunpopulatedwildOpposite cultivated

   noun

   • 1. an act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose: "it's a waste of time trying to argue with him" Similar squanderingdissipationfrittering awaymisspendingmisusemisapplicationmisemploymentabuseprodigalityextravagancewastefulnesslavishnessunthriftiness
   • ▪ the gradual loss or diminution of something: archaic "he was pale and weak from waste of blood"
   • 2. unwanted or unusable material, substances, or by-products: "nuclear waste" Similar refuselitterdebrisdrossjunkdetritusscrapdregsleavingsremainsscrapsoffscouringssewageeffluenteffluviumrubbishgarbagetrash
   • 3. a large area of barren, typically uninhabited land: "the icy wastes of the Antarctic" Similar desertwastelandwildernessbarrennessemptinessvastnesswilds
   • 4. damage to an estate caused by an act or by neglect, especially by a life tenant.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Northern French wast(e) (noun), waster (verb), based on Latin vastus ‘unoccupied, uncultivated’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wasteless adjective

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   What does wasting mean?

   • to be consumed, spent, or employed uselessly or without giving full value or being fully utilized or appreciated. A candle wastes in burning. to become physically worn; lose flesh or strength; become emaciated or enfeebled. The might of England is wasting. to pass gradually, as time. The project was a waste of material, money, time, and energy.

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   Is waste a noun or noun?

   • Waste is also a noun. Waste is the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it. The packets are measured to reduce waste. I hate waste. Waste is material which has been used and is no longer wanted, for example because the valuable or useful part of it has been taken out. Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal of waste.

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   What does waste mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! WASTE definition: 1. an unnecessary or wrong use of money, substances, time, energy, abilities, etc.: 2. to not be…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean if something is wasted on someone?

   • If you say that something is wasted on someone, you mean that there is no point giving it or telling it to them as they will not appreciate, understand, or pay any attention to it. Waste land is land, especially in or near a city, which is not used or looked after by anyone, and so is covered by wild plants and rubbish.

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   Waste (or wastes) are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance discarded after primary use, or is worthless, defective and of no use. A by-product, by contrast is a joint product of relatively minor economic value.

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   Waste definition: to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander. See examples of WASTE used in a sentence.

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    noun. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted. “they collect the waste once a week” “much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers” synonyms: waste material, waste matter, waste product.