waste wāst/ verb 1. use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. we cant afford to waste electricity synonyms: squander, misspend, misuse, fritter away, throw away, lavish, dissipate, throw around; antonyms: conserve bestow or expend on an unappreciative recipient. her small talk was wasted on this guest fail to make full or good use of. were wasted in this job 2. (of a person or a part of the body) become progressively weaker and more emaciated. she was dying of AIDS, visibly wasting away synonyms: grow weak, grow thin, shrink, decline, wilt, fade, flag, deteriorate, degenerate, languish these children are wasting away in the streets antonyms: flourish, thrive archaic cause to do this. these symptoms wasted the patients very much 3. devastate or ruin (a place). he seized their cattle and wasted their country kill or severely injure (someone). I saw them waste the guy I worked for 4.(of time) pass away; be spent. the years were wasting adjective adjective: waste 1. (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, useless, worthless; More 2. (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, arid, bare; noun: waste; plural noun: wastes 1. an act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. its a waste of time trying to argue with him synonyms: misuse, misapplication, misemployment, abuse; archaic the gradual loss or diminution of something. he was pale and weak from waste of blood 2. material that is not wanted; the unusable remains or byproducts of something. bodily waste synonyms: garbage, rubbish, trash, refuse, litter, debris, flotsam and jetsam, dross, junk, detritus, scrap;
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