waste
wastes wasted wasting
Noun
1. 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"
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2. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
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3. the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
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4. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
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5. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
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1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
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2. use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
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3. get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
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4. run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"
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5. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
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6. spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
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7. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
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8. cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
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9. devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
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10. waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
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Adjective
1. disposed of as useless; "waste paper"
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2. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
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