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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