any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; they collect the waste once a week; much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers
[ Syn: waste material , waste matter , waste product ]
useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste; mindless dissipation of natural resources
[ Syn: wastefulness , dissipation ]
the trait of wasting resources; a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste; the wastefulness of missed opportunities
[ Syn: thriftlessness , wastefulness ]
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; the barrens of central Africa; the trackless wastes of the desert
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
[ Syn: permissive waste ]
waste (n.)
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; a desert island; a godforsaken wilderness crossroads; a wild stretch of land; waste places
[ Syn: godforsaken , wild ]
waste (adj.)
spend thoughtlessly; throw away; He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends; You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
become physically weaker; Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world
[ Syn: rot ]
use inefficiently or inappropriately; waste heat; waste a joke on an unappreciative audience'
get rid of; We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer'
run off as waste; The water wastes back into the ocean
[ Syn: run off ]
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; The mafia liquidated the informer; the double agent was neutralized
[ Syn: neutralize , neutralise , liquidate , knock off , do in ]
spend extravagantly; waste not, want not
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; After her husband died, she just pined away
cause to grow thin or weak; The treatment emaciated him
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
[ Syn: lay waste to , devastate , desolate , ravage , scourge ]