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Meaning of waste
noun
- Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- Excrement or urine. Example: The cage was littered with animal waste
- A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
adjective
- Uncultivated, uninhabited.
- Barren; desert.
- Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
- Superfluous; needless.
- Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
verb
- To devastate, destroy
- To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly. Example: We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.
- To kill; to murder.
- To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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