Meaning of 'waste'

adjective

located in a dismal or remote area

Synonyms: wild

noun

useless or profitless activity

Synonyms: wastefulness

noun

(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

Synonyms: permissive waste

noun

the trait of wasting resources

Example: "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"

Synonyms: wastefulness

noun

an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

Synonyms: barren

noun

any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

Example: "they collect the waste once a week"

Synonyms: waste material waste matter waste product

verb

become physically weaker

Synonyms: rot

verb

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

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

Synonyms: desolate

verb

cause to grow thin or weak

Synonyms: emaciate macerate

verb

lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

Synonyms: languish pine away

verb

spend extravagantly

Example: "waste not, want not"

Synonyms: ware consume squander

verb

use inefficiently or inappropriately

Example: "waste heat"

verb

get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

Synonyms: knock off neutralize neutralise do in liquidate

verb

run off as waste

Example: "The water wastes back into the ocean"

Synonyms: run off

verb

get rid of

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

Synonyms: throw

verb

spend thoughtlessly

Synonyms: blow