waste
waste/wāst/
verb
- use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose."we can't afford to waste electricity"synonyms: squander, fritter away, misspend, misuse, spend recklessly, throw away, lavish, be wasteful with, dissipate, spend like water, throw around like confetti, go through, run through, exhaust, drain, deplete, burn up, use up, consume, blow, splurge
- (of a person or a part of the body) become progressively weaker and more emaciated."she was visibly wasting away"synonyms: grow weak, wither, atrophy, become emaciated, shrivel up, shrink, decay, decline, wilt, fade, flag, deteriorate, degenerate, rot, molder, languish, be abandoned, be neglected, be forgotten, be disregarded
- devastate or ruin (a place)."he seized their cattle and wasted their country"
- (of time) pass away; be spent."the years were wasting"
adjective
- (of a material, substance, or byproduct) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process."ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly"synonyms: unwanted, excess, superfluous, left over, scrap, extra, unused, useless, worthless, unproductive, unusable, unprofitable
- (of an area of land, typically in a city or town) not used, cultivated, or built on."a patch of waste ground"synonyms: uncultivated, barren, desert, unproductive, infertile, unfruitful, arid, bare, desolate, solitary, lonely, empty, void, uninhabited, unpopulated, wild
noun
- 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"synonyms: squandering, dissipation, frittering away, misspending, misuse, misapplication, misemployment, abuse, prodigality, extravagance, wastefulness, lavishness, unthriftiness
- material that is not wanted; the unusable remains or byproducts of something."bodily waste"synonyms: refuse, litter, debris, dross, junk, detritus, scrap, dregs, leavings, remains, scraps, offscourings, sewage, effluent, effluvium, rubbish, garbage, trash
- a large area of barren, typically uninhabited land."the icy wastes of the Antarctic"synonyms: desert, wasteland, wilderness, barrenness, emptiness, vastness, wilds
- damage to an estate caused by an act or by neglect, especially by a life-tenant.
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1. a : a sparsely settled or barren region : desert b : uncultivated land c : a broad and empty expanse (as of water) 2. the act or an instance of wasting
waste verb [T] (BAD USE). to use something without care or thought: Why should I waste my time on her? You're just wasting your money buying that stuff.
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A piece of land not cultivated or used for any purpose, and producing little or no herbage or wood. In legal use spec. a piece of such land not in any man's ...
Waste (or wastes) are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance discarded after primary use, or is worthless, defective and of no use.
verb (used with object) · to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: · to fail or neglect to use:.
It may seem easy – waste is everything that no longer has a use or purpose and needs to be disposed of, right?
WASTE meaning: 1 : loss of something valuable that occurs because too much of it is being used or because it is being used in a way that is not necessary or ...
waste in American English · 1. to destroy; devastate; ruin · 2. to wear away; consume gradually; use up · 3. to make weak, feeble, or emaciated; wear away the ...
Jul 16, 2024 · "Solid waste" means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other ...
Oct 5, 2011 · Waste means any material or substance in whatever form, whether solid, liquid or gaseous, hazardous or non-hazardous, organic or inorganic that ...