Definition of waste
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adjective (a)
Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless. (adjective)
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noun (n)
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted (noun.substance)
Example: They collect the waste once a week.
Much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers.
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useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly (noun.act)
Example: If the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste.
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the trait of wasting resources (noun.attribute)
Example: A life characterized by thriftlessness and waste.
The wastefulness of missed opportunities.
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an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation (noun.location)
Example: The trackless wastes of the desert.
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(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect (noun.act)
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The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc. (noun)
source: webster1913
Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea. (noun)
source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate (adj.all)
Example: Waste places.
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verb (v)
spend thoughtlessly; throw away (verb.possession)
Example: He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends.
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use inefficiently or inappropriately (verb.consumption)
Example: Waste heat.
Waste a joke on an unappreciative audience.
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get rid of (verb.possession)
Synonym: cast ,
cast off ,
drop ,
escape from ,
shake ,
shake off ,
shake off ,
shed ,
throw ,
throw away ,
throw off ,
throw off
Example: We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer.
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run off as waste (verb.motion)
Example: The water wastes back into the ocean.
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get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing (verb.contact)
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spend extravagantly (verb.consumption)
Example: Waste not, want not.
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lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief (verb.change)
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cause to grow thin or weak (verb.change)
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cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)
Example: The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion.
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become physically weaker (verb.body)
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To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy. (verb)
source: webster1913
To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less. (verb)
source: webster1913
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