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Quick definitions from WordNet (waste)

▸ noun:  useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly ("If the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste")
▸ noun:  (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
▸ noun:  any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted ("They collect the waste once a week")
▸ noun:  the trait of wasting resources ("A life characterized by thriftlessness and waste")
▸ noun:  an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation ("The trackless wastes of the desert")
▸ verb:  run off as waste ("The water wastes back into the ocean")
▸ verb:  get rid of ("We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer")
▸ verb:  spend thoughtlessly; throw away ("He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends")
▸ verb:  cause to grow thin or weak
▸ verb:  waste away
▸ verb:  use inefficiently or inappropriately ("Waste heat")
▸ verb:  devastate or ravage ("The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion")
▸ verb:  lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
▸ verb:  spend extravagantly ("Waste not, want not")
▸ verb:  get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
▸ adjective:  located in a dismal or remote area; desolate ("Waste places")
▸ adjective:  disposed of as useless ("Waste paper")

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