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- n 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 - n useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste - n the trait of wasting resources
a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
the wastefulness of missed opportunities - n an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
the trackless wastes of the desert - n (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- v spend thoughtlessly; throw away
He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends - v use inefficiently or inappropriately
waste heat
waste a joke on an unappreciative audience - v get rid of
We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer - v run off as waste
The water wastes back into the ocean - v get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- v spend extravagantly
waste not, want not - v lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- v cause to grow thin or weak
- v cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion - v become physically weaker
- s located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
waste places
- It's called electronic waste, or e-waste, and the world produces a lot of it: 20 to 50 million tons a year, according to the UN enough to load a train that would stretch around .
- The Isle of Wight impressively recycles 50% of its household waste, so the gasification plant will subsist on the other half, the so-called residual waste.
- By recycling organic waste--composting it--methane emissions are eliminated.