Definitions of waste
British English : waste If you waste something such as time, money, or energy, you use too much of it doing something that is not important or necessary, or is unlikely to succeed.There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them.weɪst VERB
- (transitive) to use, consume, or expend thoughtlessly, carelessly, or to no avail
- (transitive) to fail to take advantage of ⇒ ■ to waste an opportunity
- when intr, often foll by away to lose or cause to lose bodily strength, health, etc
- to exhaust or become exhausted
- (transitive) to ravage
- (transitive) (informal ) to murder or kill ⇒ ■ I want that guy wasted by tomorrow
- the act of wasting or state of being wasted
- a failure to take advantage of something
- anything unused or not used to full advantage
- anything or anyone rejected as useless, worthless, or in excess of what is required
- garbage, rubbish, or trash
- (usually plural) a land or region that is wild or uncultivated ⇒ ■ the polar wastes , ⇒ ■ the barren wastes of the Sahara
- (obsolete ) a land or region that is devastated or ruined
- (physiology ) the useless products of metabolism indigestible food residue
- the useless products of metabolism
- indigestible food residue
- disintegrated rock material resulting from erosion
- (law ) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect, esp by a life-tenant
- the useless products of metabolism
- indigestible food residue
- rejected as useless, unwanted, or worthless
- produced in excess of what is required
- not cultivated, inhabited, or productive ⇒ ■ waste land
- of or denoting the useless products of metabolism of or denoting indigestible food residue
- of or denoting the useless products of metabolism
- of or denoting indigestible food residue
- destroyed, devastated, or ruined
- designed to contain or convey waste products
- See lay waste
- of or denoting the useless products of metabolism
- of or denoting indigestible food residue