Definition of waste

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Waste (v.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc..

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Scath :: Scath (v.) Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune.
Wastrel :: Wastrel (n.) Waste land or common land.
Waste :: Waste (a.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.
Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition..
Scattergood :: Scattergood (n.) One who wastes; a spendthrift.
Atrophy :: Atrophy (v. i.) To waste away; to dwindle.
Trashy :: Trashy (superl.) Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel..
Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. i.) To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation..
Waste :: Waste (v. i.) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less..
Wearer :: Wearer (n.) That which wastes or diminishes.
Conservative :: Conservative (a.) Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative..
Bate :: Bate (v. i.) To waste away.
Vastel :: Vastel (n.) See Wastel.
Spend :: Spend (v. t.) To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent..
Wastebasket :: Wastebasket (n.) A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper..
Tret :: Tret (n.) An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted..
Consumption :: Consumption (n.) The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction..
Kidney :: Kidney (n.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
Insulite :: Insulite (n.) An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc..
Shack :: Shack (v. t.) To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn..
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