noun : WASTES
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) 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" ;
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2. (
) 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" ;
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3. (
) the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" ;
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5. (
) (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect ;
verb : WASTES
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" ;
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2. (
) use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience" ;
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3. (
) get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" ;
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5. (
) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" ;
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6. (
) spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" ;
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7. (
) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away" ;
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8. (
) cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him" ;
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9. (
) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" ;
Adjective : WASTES
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places" ;
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