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waste Definition
(n)
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
"
(n)
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
"
(n)
the
trait
of
wasting
resources
; "
a
life
characterized
by
thriftlessness
and
waste
"; "
the
wastefulness
of
missed
opportunities
"
(n)
an
uninhabited
wilderness
that
is
worthless
for
cultivation
; "
the
barrens
of
central
Africa
"; "
the
trackless
wastes
of
the
desert
"
(n) (
law
)
reduction
in
the
value
of
an
estate
caused
by
act
or
neglect
(s)
disposed
of
as
useless
; "
waste
paper
"
(s)
located
in
a
dismal
or
remote
area
;
desolate
; "
a
desert
island
"; "
a
godforsaken
wilderness
crossroads
"; "
a
wild
stretch
of
land
"; "
waste
places
"
(v)
spend
thoughtlessly
;
throw
away
; "
He
wasted
his
inheritance
on
his
insincere
friends
"; "
You
squandered
the
opportunity
to
get
and
advanced
degree
"
(v)
use
inefficiently
or
inappropriately
; "
waste
heat
"; "
waste
a
joke
on
an
unappreciative
audience
"
(v)
get
rid
of
; "
We
waste
the
dirty
water
by
channeling
it
into
the
sewer
"
(v)
run
off
as
waste
; "
The
water
wastes
back
into
the
ocean
"
(v)
get
rid
of
(
someone
who
may
be
a
threat
)
by
killing
; "
The
mafia
liquidated
the
informer
"; "
the
double
agent
was
neutralized
"
(v)
spend
extravagantly
; "
waste
not
,
want
not
"
(v)
lose
vigor
,
health
,
or
flesh
,
as
through
grief
; "
After
her
husband
died
,
she
just
pined
away
"
(v)
cause
to
grow
thin
or
weak
; "
The
treatment
emaciated
him
"
(v)
devastate
or
ravage
; "
The
enemy
lay
waste
to
the
countryside
after
the
invasion
"
(v)
waste
away
; "
Political
prisoners
are
wasting
away
in
many
prisons
all
over
the
world
"
waste Synonyms
barren
blow
cast-off(a)
consume
desert
desolate
devastate
discarded
dissipation
do in
emaciate
godforsaken
junked
knock off
languish
lay waste to
liquidate
macerate
neutralise
neutralize
permissive waste
pine away
ravage
rot
run off
scourge
scrap(a)
squander
thriftlessness
ware
waste
waste material
waste matter
waste product
wastefulness
wasteland
wild
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