Definition of waste

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Waste (a.) Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper..

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Prodigal :: Prodigal (a.) Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses..
Misspend :: Misspend (v. t.) To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money..
Save-all :: Save-all (n.) Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss..
Forest :: Forest (n.) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own..
Estrepement :: Estrepement (n.) A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses..
Embezzle :: Embezzle (v. t.) To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
Thief :: Thief (n.) A waster in the snuff of a candle.
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..
Smartle :: Smartle (v. i.) To waste away.
Trashy :: Trashy (superl.) Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel..
Drill :: Drill (v. t.) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
Weather :: Weather (v. i.) To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather..
Desolation :: Desolation (n.) A place or country wasted and forsaken.
Offal :: Offal (n.) The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal.
Forewaste :: Forewaste (v. t.) See Forewaste.
Scurvy :: Scurvy (n.) A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It
Lost :: Lost (v. t.) Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit..
Spendthrift :: Spendthrift (a.) Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.
Wasteweir :: Wasteweir (n.) An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like..
Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.
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