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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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