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waste

(w/eI/st )

adjective (a)

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.(adjective)

source: webster1913

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.

Synonym:
waste material, waste matter, waste product

source: wordnet30
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.

Synonym:
dissipation, wastefulness

source: wordnet30
the trait of wasting resources(noun.attribute)

Example:
A life characterized by thriftlessness and waste.
The wastefulness of missed opportunities.

Synonym:
thriftlessness, wastefulness

source: wordnet30
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation(noun.location)

Example:
The trackless wastes of the desert.

Synonym:
barren, wasteland

source: wordnet30
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect(noun.act)

Synonym:
permissive waste

source: wordnet30
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.

Synonym:
godforsaken, wild

source: wordnet30

verb (v)

spend thoughtlessly; throw away(verb.possession)

Example:
He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends.

Synonym:
blow, squander
Antonym:
conserve, economise, economize, husband

source: wordnet30
use inefficiently or inappropriately(verb.consumption)

Example:
Waste heat.
Waste a joke on an unappreciative audience.

source: wordnet30
get rid of(verb.possession)

Example:
We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer.

Synonym:
cast, cast off, drop, escape from, shake, shake off, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off, throw off

source: wordnet30
run off as waste(verb.motion)

Example:
The water wastes back into the ocean.

Synonym:
run off

source: wordnet30
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing(verb.contact)

Synonym:
do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize

source: wordnet30
spend extravagantly(verb.consumption)

Example:
Waste not, want not.

Synonym:
consume, squander, ware

source: wordnet30
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief(verb.change)

Synonym:
languish, pine away

source: wordnet30
cause to grow thin or weak(verb.change)

Synonym:
emaciate, macerate

source: wordnet30
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly(verb.change)

Example:
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion.

Synonym:
desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge

source: wordnet30
become physically weaker(verb.body)

Synonym:
rot

source: wordnet30
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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