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Noun

S: (n) waste (waste%1:27:00::), waste material (waste_material%1:27:00::), waste matter (waste_matter%1:27:00::), waste product (waste_product%1:27:00::) (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"
S: (n) waste (waste%1:04:00::), wastefulness (wastefulness%1:04:03::), dissipation (dissipation%1:04:02::) (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"
S: (n) thriftlessness (thriftlessness%1:07:00::), waste (waste%1:07:00::), wastefulness (wastefulness%1:07:00::) (the trait of wasting resources) "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
S: (n) barren (barren%1:15:00::), waste (waste%1:15:00::), wasteland (wasteland%1:15:00::) (an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation) "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
S: (n) waste (waste%1:04:01::), permissive waste (permissive_waste%1:04:00::) ((law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect)

Verb

S: (v) waste (waste%2:40:00::), blow (blow%2:40:02::), squander (squander%2:40:01::) (spend thoughtlessly; throw away) "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
S: (v) waste (waste%2:34:05::) (use inefficiently or inappropriately) "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
S: (v) waste (waste%2:40:01::) (get rid of) "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
S: (v) waste (waste%2:38:00::), run off (run_off%2:38:04::) (run off as waste) "The water wastes back into the ocean"
S: (v) neutralize (neutralize%2:35:00::), neutralise (neutralise%2:35:00::), liquidate (liquidate%2:35:00::), waste (waste%2:35:00::), knock off (knock_off%2:35:00::), do in (do_in%2:35:00::) (get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing) "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
S: (v) consume (consume%2:34:02::), squander (squander%2:34:00::), waste (waste%2:34:00::), ware (ware%2:34:00::) (spend extravagantly) "waste not, want not"
S: (v) pine away (pine_away%2:30:00::), waste (waste%2:30:02::), languish (languish%2:30:00::) (lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief) "After her husband died, she just pined away"
S: (v) waste (waste%2:30:01::), emaciate (emaciate%2:30:01::), macerate (macerate%2:30:03::) (cause to grow thin or weak) "The treatment emaciated him"
S: (v) lay waste to (lay_waste_to%2:30:00::), waste (waste%2:30:00::), devastate (devastate%2:30:00::), desolate (desolate%2:30:01::), ravage (ravage%2:30:01::), scourge (scourge%2:30:02::) (cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly) "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
S: (v) waste (waste%2:29:00::), rot (rot%2:29:00::) (become physically weaker) "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"

Adjective

S: (adj) godforsaken (godforsaken%3:00:00:inhospitable:00), waste (waste%3:00:00:inhospitable:00), wild (wild%3:00:00:inhospitable:00) (located in a dismal or remote area; desolate) "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"