1. (noun)waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product 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"
2. (noun)waste, wastefulness, dissipation 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"
3. (noun)thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness the trait of wasting resources
"a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
4. (noun)barren, waste, wasteland an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
6. (adj)godforsaken, waste, wild located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
"a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
7. (verb)waste, blow, squander spend thoughtlessly; throw away
"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
8. (verb)waste use inefficiently or inappropriately
"waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
9. (verb)waste get rid of
"We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
10. (verb)waste, run off run off as waste "The water wastes back into the ocean"
11. (verb)neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
13. (verb)pine away, waste, languish lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief "After her husband died, she just pined away"
14. (verb)waste, emaciate, macerate cause to grow thin or weak
"The treatment emaciated him"
15. (verb)lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
16. (verb)waste, rot become physically weaker
"Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
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