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adj
- disposed of as useless; "waste paper" [syn: cast-off(a), discarded, junked, scrap(a)]
- located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places" [syn: desert, godforsaken, wild]
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" [syn: 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" [syn: wastefulness, dissipation]
- the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" [syn: thriftlessness, wastefulness]
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" [syn: barren, wasteland]
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect [syn: permissive waste]
v
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" [syn: blow, squander] [ant: conserve]
- 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" [syn: run off]
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" [syn: neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, knock off, do in]
- spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: consume, squander, ware]
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away" [syn: pine away, languish]
- cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him" [syn: emaciate, macerate]
- devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: lay waste to, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge]
- waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" [syn: rot]
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