1.any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted;
they collect the waste once a week
2.useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly;
if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste
3.the trait of wasting resources;
a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
4.an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;
the barrens of central Africa
5.(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
6.disposed of as useless;
waste paper
7.located in a dismal or remote area; desolate;
a desert island
1.spend thoughtlessly; throw away;
He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
2.use inefficiently or inappropriately;
waste heat
3.get rid of;
We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
4.run off as waste;
The water wastes back into the ocean
5.get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing;
The mafia liquidated the informer
6.spend extravagantly;
waste not, want not
7.lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief;
After her husband died, she just pined away
8.cause to grow thin or weak;
The treatment emaciated him
9.devastate or ravage;
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
10. waste away;
Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world