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verbcause to grow thin or weaktype of:
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"The water wastes back into the ocean"verbrun off as waste
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"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"verbspend thoughtlessly; throw awayOpposite:
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verbbecome physically weaker
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verbget rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
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"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"verbcause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
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verblose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grieftype of:
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"waste places"adjectivelocated in a dismal or remote area; desolate
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"the trackless wastes of the desert"nounan uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivationtype of:
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"if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"nounuseless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
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"waste not, want not"verbspend extravagantly
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noun(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
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"a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste" "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"nounthe trait of wasting resources
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"they collect the waste once a week" "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"nounany materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
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"We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"verbget rid of
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"waste heat" "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"verbuse inefficiently or inappropriately
Examples of waste
- "The water wastes back into the ocean"
- "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"
- "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
- "waste places"
- "the trackless wastes of the desert"
- "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"
- "waste not, want not"
- "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"
- "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
- "they collect the waste once a week"
- "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
- "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
- "waste heat"
- "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"