waste

IPA: wˈeɪst

noun

  • Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
  • Excrement or urine.
  • A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
  • A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
  • A large tract of uncultivated land.
  • (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
  • A vast expanse of water.
  • A disused mine or part of one.
  • The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
  • Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
  • Gradual loss or decay.
  • A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
  • (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
  • (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
  • (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.

verb

  • (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
  • (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
  • (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
  • (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
  • (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
  • (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
  • (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.

adjective

  • (MTE, slang, derogatory) Useless and contemptible.
  • (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
  • Barren; desert; empty.
  • Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
  • Superfluous; needless.
  • Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
  • Unfortunate; disappointing.
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Examples of "waste" in Sentences

  • It is a waste of time for the layman.
  • The commentaries are the waste of time.
  • This article is a nightmare and waste of time for the layman.
  • As it is the page is a nightmare and waste of time for the layman.
  • How can we have an article about waste bins without oscar the grouch
  • It was valuable time of the TrueColour that was wasted by the deleters.

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