This is not a dictionary! - Search for "waste" in The Danish Dictionary
February 9. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
March 4. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
March 4. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
March 4. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
March 4. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"
March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
March 31. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
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