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waste
noun (BAD USE) /weɪst/Definition
B1 [S or U] an unnecessary or wrong use of money, substances, time, energy, abilities, etc.: That meeting achieved absolutely nothing - it was a complete waste of time. She's been unemployed for two years and it's such a waste of her talents. My mother couldn't bear waste - she always made us eat everything on our plates.Wasting go to waste › to not be used, eaten, etc.: "Go on, finish off this tart, Paul." "Well, it seems a shame to let it go to waste."Wasting
(Definition of waste noun (BAD USE) 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)
- misspend verb
- 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
- wastage noun
- waste not, want not idiom
- waste verb (USE BADLY)
- wasted adjective (BADLY USED)
- wasteful adjective
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