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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Wastethrift :: Wastethrift (n.) A spendthrift.
Prodigal :: Prodigal (n.) One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift..
Waste :: Waste (a.) Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous.
Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. i.) To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates..
Trashy :: Trashy (superl.) Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel..
Waste :: Waste (v. i.) To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc..
Withered :: Withered (a.) Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
Uropoetic :: Uropoetic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a system of organs which eliminate nitrogenous waste matter from the blood of certain invertebrates..
Lost :: Lost (v. t.) Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit..
Wasteboard :: Wasteboard (n.) See Washboard, 3..
Miltwaste :: Miltwaste () A small European fern (Asplenium Ceterach) formerly used in medicine.
Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses..
Trifle :: Trifle (v. t.) To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money..
Elimination :: Elimination (n.) the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.
Gate :: Gate (n.) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece.
Foreworn :: Foreworn (a.) Worn out; wasted; used up.
Losel :: Losel (a.) Wasteful; slothful.
Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly..
Dissipation :: Dissipation (n.) A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
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