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waste

adjective

disposed of as useless; "waste paper"
Synonyms: cast-off, discarded, junked, scrap Similar: useless
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
Synonyms: desert, godforsaken, wild Similar: inhospitable

noun

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"
Synonyms: waste material, waste matter, waste product
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"
Synonyms: dissipation, wastefulness
the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
Synonyms: thriftlessness, wastefulness
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
Synonyms: barren, wasteland
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
Synonyms: permissive waste

verb

spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
Synonyms: blow, squander Antonyms: conserve, husband, economize, economise
use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"
Synonyms: run off
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
Synonyms: do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize
spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
Synonyms: consume, squander, ware
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
Synonyms: languish, pine away
cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
Synonyms: emaciate, macerate
devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
Synonyms: desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge
waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
Synonyms: rot