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Meaning of waste
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waste
adj 1: located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert
island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild
stretch of land"; "waste places" [syn: {godforsaken},
{waste}, {wild}]
n 1: 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},
{waste material}, {waste matter}, {waste product}]
2: 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: {waste}, {wastefulness},
{dissipation}]
3: the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by
thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed
opportunities" [syn: {thriftlessness}, {waste},
{wastefulness}]
4: an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;
"the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the
desert" [syn: {barren}, {waste}, {wasteland}]
5: (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or
neglect [syn: {waste}, {permissive waste}]
v 1: spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance
on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity
to get and advanced degree" [syn: {waste}, {blow},
{squander}] [ant: {conserve}, {economise}, {economize},
{husband}]
2: use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a
joke on an unappreciative audience"
3: get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into
the sewer"
4: run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"
[syn: {waste}, {run off}]
5: 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},
{waste}, {knock off}, {do in}]
6: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: {consume},
{squander}, {waste}, {ware}]
7: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her
husband died, she just pined away" [syn: {pine away},
{waste}, {languish}]
8: cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
[syn: {waste}, {emaciate}, {macerate}]
9: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay
waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: {lay waste
to}, {waste}, {devastate}, {desolate}, {ravage}, {scourge}]
10: become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting
away in many prisons all over the world" [syn: {waste},
{rot}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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