verb
Why I wasted so much time on him I'll never know. Don't waste your money on such frivolities
She is just wasting away, and I am seriously worried that she may not recover
Arkwright contracted a terrible wasting disease while in the tropics
Don't worry, Boss, we'll waste Andy and you won't have no more trouble
noun
What a terrible waste of talent to have such a person doing such lowly work! Do not let that genius go to waste
Government waste is one of our biggest problems
Techniques are being developed to process the waste in order to avoid using landfills, incineration, or dumping at sea
Beyond that system were vast wastes of uninhabited space
adjective
The waste food was usually fed to the animals
The waste products of manufacture are a big problem
These lands and cities, laid waste by the invaders, have never recovered
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