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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")
▸ Also see wasting
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to waste
▸ Usage examples for waste
▸ Idioms related to waste (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing waste
▸ Popular nouns described by waste
▸ Words that often appear near waste
▸ Rhymes of waste
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▸ 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")
▸ Also see wasting
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to waste
▸ Usage examples for waste
▸ Idioms related to waste (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing waste
▸ Popular nouns described by waste
▸ Words that often appear near waste
▸ Rhymes of waste
▸ Invented words related to waste