Definition (noun) any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
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they collect the waste once a week
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much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers
Definition (noun) useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
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if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste
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mindless dissipation of natural resources
Definition (noun) the trait of wasting resources
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a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
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the wastefulness of missed opportunities
Definition (noun) an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
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the barrens of central Africa
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the trackless wastes of the desert
Definition (noun) (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
Definition (verb) spend thoughtlessly; throw away
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He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
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You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
Definition (verb) use inefficiently or inappropriately
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waste heat
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waste a joke on an unappreciative audience
Definition (verb) get rid of
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We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
Definition (verb) run off as waste
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The water wastes back into the ocean
Definition (verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
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The mafia liquidated the informer
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the double agent was neutralized
Definition (verb) spend extravagantly
Definition (verb) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
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After her husband died, she just pined away
Definition (verb) cause to grow thin or weak
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The treatment emaciated him
Definition (verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
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The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Definition (verb) become physically weaker
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Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world
Definition (adj) located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
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a desert island
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a godforsaken wilderness crossroads
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a wild stretch of land
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waste places