Waste can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and a verb.
Adjective |
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| waste - Uncultivated, uninhabited. | ||
| waste - Barren; desert. | ||
| waste - Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess. | ||
| waste - Superfluous; needless. | ||
| waste - Unfortunate; Disappointing. | ||
Verb |
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| waste - spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" | ||
| waste - cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him" | ||
| waste - become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" | ||
| waste - use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience" | ||
| waste - run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean" | ||
| waste - get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" | ||
| waste - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" | ||
| waste - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" | ||
| waste - lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away" | ||
| waste - get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" | ||
Noun |
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| waste - 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" | ||
| waste - 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" | ||
| waste - (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect | ||
| waste - the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" | ||
| waste - an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" |
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| 1. | noun | If the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste. | |
| 2. | noun | They collect the waste once a week. | |
| 3. | noun | Much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers. | |
| 4. | noun | A life characterized by thriftlessness and waste. | |
| 5. | noun | Q: NASA IS A WASTE! | |
| 6. | noun | Subject: NASA IS A WASTE! | |
| 7. | noun | Subject: Re: NASA IS A WASTE! | |
| 8. | noun | Subject: Re: NASA IS A WASTE! From: jaqamofino-ga on 26 Apr 2005 06:02 PDT. | |
| 9. | noun | i believe that NASA is a HUGE waste of tax payers' money, but there are so many huge wastes of tax payer monies, that i find it best not to think about it. | |
| 10. | noun | i also think the National Endowment for the Arts is a waste, but i guess i would rather see my money go to the NEA than NASA. | |
| 11. | noun | ,000 - Tons of toxic waste the US military, the world's biggest polluter, generates around the world each year. | |
| 12. | noun | Rodents require special bedding in their cages to absorb their waste, and this needs to be cleaned regularly, or your hamster could suffer from problems due the buildup of ammonia from his urine. | |
| 13. | noun | on the side is a waste-leave it on the bottom. | |
| 14. | noun | They can produce a lot of waste and even scooping twice a day they can get messy. | |
| 15. | noun | This day was just a waste of time and money. | |
| 16. | verb | Waste heat. | |
| 17. | verb | Waste a joke on an unappreciative audience. | |
| 18. | verb | We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer. | |
| 19. | verb | The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion. | |
| 20. | verb | Waste not, want not. | |
| 21. | verb | I told Paul that you called him yesterday so abruptly because you didn't want to waste his time while you got tests done for arthritis. | |
| 22. | verb | There are so many wonderful great places to dine in houston....don't.waste your time here. | |
| 23. | verb | Don't waste time, just drive 10 minutes more down to Stevens Creek, they actually do try to help their customers there! | |
| 24. | verb | I don't want to waste my time with them. | |
| 25. | verb | Don't go, or you will learn how to waste your money. | |
| 26. | verb | Instead of rescheduling they chose to waste my time instead. | |
| 27. | verb | Don't waste your time or money! | |
| 28. | verb | I don't want to waste my time on routes set for children, but I don't want to take on something I can't handle just to strain myself to exhaustion. | |
| 29. | verb | I have never considered this a real problem as I travel without kids and can fend for myself, but when I had to listen to a (non-violent) domestic fight that lasted from 1 AM to 5 AM during my last stay and I found out that the front desk was unmanned during night hours, my choice was to either waste tax payers money by calling for a yet another police dispatch to this hotel, or just get over it. | |
| 30. | verb | MUST READ - Do not waste your time in this store. |
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| noun | |
| If the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste. |
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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. |
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| A life characterized by thriftlessness and waste. |
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| Q: NASA IS A WASTE! |
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| Subject: NASA IS A WASTE! |
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| Subject: Re: NASA IS A WASTE! |
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| Subject: Re: NASA IS A WASTE! From: jaqamofino-ga on 26 Apr 2005 06:02 PDT. |
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| i believe that NASA is a HUGE waste of tax payers' money, but there are so many huge wastes of tax payer monies, that i find it best not to think about it. |
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| i also think the National Endowment for the Arts is a waste, but i guess i would rather see my money go to the NEA than NASA. |
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| ,000 - Tons of toxic waste the US military, the world's biggest polluter, generates around the world each year. |
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| Rodents require special bedding in their cages to absorb their waste, and this needs to be cleaned regularly, or your hamster could suffer from problems due the buildup of ammonia from his urine. |
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| on the side is a waste-leave it on the bottom. |
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| They can produce a lot of waste and even scooping twice a day they can get messy. |
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| This day was just a waste of time and money. | |
| verb | |
| Waste heat. |
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| Waste a joke on an unappreciative audience. |
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| We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer. |
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| The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion. |
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| Waste not, want not. |
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| I told Paul that you called him yesterday so abruptly because you didn't want to waste his time while you got tests done for arthritis. |
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| There are so many wonderful great places to dine in houston....don't.waste your time here. |
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| Don't waste time, just drive 10 minutes more down to Stevens Creek, they actually do try to help their customers there! |
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| I don't want to waste my time with them. |
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| Don't go, or you will learn how to waste your money. |
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| Instead of rescheduling they chose to waste my time instead. |
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| Don't waste your time or money! |
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| I don't want to waste my time on routes set for children, but I don't want to take on something I can't handle just to strain myself to exhaustion. |
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| I have never considered this a real problem as I travel without kids and can fend for myself, but when I had to listen to a (non-violent) domestic fight that lasted from 1 AM to 5 AM during my last stay and I found out that the front desk was unmanned during night hours, my choice was to either waste tax payers money by calling for a yet another police dispatch to this hotel, or just get over it. |
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| MUST READ - Do not waste your time in this store. |
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