waste
verb [T] (USE BADLY) /weɪst/Definition
B1 to use too much of something or use something badly when there is a limited amount of it: You waste a lot of water by having a bath instead of a shower. Come on, let's get started - we've wasted enough time already. Don't waste your money on me, love, keep it for yourself.Wasting
(Definition of waste verb (USE BADLY) 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 noun (BAD USE)
- wasted adjective (BADLY USED)
- wasteful adjective
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