wastage
noun [U] /ˈweɪ.stɪdʒ/Definition
› the amount that is wasted: Water companies have got to cut down on wastage.Wasting › UK for natural wastageFiring staff and being fired › UK (US attrition) the people who leave an educational or training course before it has finished: The wastage rates on the degree courses are a cause for concern.Students and pupils
(Definition of wastage noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- boondoggle noun
- dissipate verb
- down the drain idiom
- fritter sth away phrasal verb
- gluttonous adjective
- lose verb (NOT HAVE)
- piss sth away phrasal verb
- prodigal adjective
- profligate adjective
- reinvent the wheel idiom
- squander verb
- throw sth away phrasal verb
- toss sth away phrasal verb
- uneconomic adjective
- waste not, want not idiom
- waste noun (BAD USE)
- waste verb (USE BADLY)
- wasted adjective (BADLY USED)
- wasteful adjective
- waster noun
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