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The definition of waste
23 Definitions of: waste
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- verb, to use, consume, or expend thoughtlessly, carelessly, or to no avail
- verb, to fail to take advantage of
- verb, to lose or cause to lose bodily strength, health, etc
- verb, to exhaust or become exhausted
- verb, to ravage
- verb, to murder or kill
- noun, the act of wasting or state of being wasted
- noun, a failure to take advantage of something
- noun, anything unused or not used to full advantage
- noun, anything or anyone rejected as useless, worthless, or in excess of what is required
- noun, garbage, rubbish, or trash
- noun, a land or region that is devastated or ruined
- noun, a land or region that is wild or uncultivated
- noun, physiol a) the useless products of metabolism b) indigestible food residue
- noun, disintegrated rock material resulting from erosion
- noun, law reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect, esp by a life-tenant
- adjective, rejected as useless, unwanted, or worthless
- adjective, produced in excess of what is required
- adjective, not cultivated, inhabited, or productive
- adjective, a) of or denoting the useless products of metabolism b) of or denoting indigestible food residue
- adjective, destroyed, devastated, or ruined
- adjective, designed to contain or convey waste products
- adjective, lay waste to devastate or destroy
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of waste