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Synonyms for waste:


noun spending, use without thought

misuse
decay
desolation
destruction
devastation
dilapidation
dissipation
disuse
exhaustion
expenditure
extravagance
fritter
havoc
improvidence
lavishness
loss
misapplication
overdoing
prodigality
ravage
ruin
squander
squandering
wastage
wastefulness
unthriftiness

noun land that is uncultivated

badlands
barren
bog
brush
bush
desert
fen
jungle
marsh
marshland
moor
quagmire
solitude
swamp
tundra
void
wasteland
wild
wilderness
wilds
brushland

noun garbage, refuse

debris
rubbish
scrap
trash
dreck
dregs
dross
excess
hogwash
junk
leavings
leftovers
litter
offal
rubble
ruins
rummage
slop
sweepings
swill
offscourings

verb spend or use without thought; dwindle

blow
consume
deplete
dissipate
divert
drain
exhaust
lavish
lose
misuse
squander
undermine
atrophy
corrode
crumble
debilitate
decay
decline
decrease
disable
disappear
droop
ebb
emaciate
empty
enfeeble
fade
gnaw
misapply
perish
sap
sink
splurge
thin
wane
wear
wilt
wither
misemploy

verb ruin, destroy

reduce
spoil
desecrate
desolate
despoil
devastate
devour
pillage
rape
ravage
raze
sack
depredate
spoliate

Examples of uses:

All this is waste, sheer waste under a leadership of chuckleheads.
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I'm angry. waste always makes me angry and that's what this is, sheer waste!
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It looks like toxic waste. And it smells like toxic waste!
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
It's a waste of time. It's a waste of my time, your time, everybody's time.
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It just seems a complete waste of money and a waste of time.
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You may waste the words, but you sure don't waste much time.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Rebstock, I'll not waste your time, and I'll thank you not to waste mine.
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After the audition, the Reverend O'Hara told me that a soloist like myself singing in a choir was a real waste, and that he followed the rule of getting rid of waste.
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As the Chinese don't waste their money, likewise, they don't waste their energies, which they prefer to use around the table or in bed.
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waste always makes me angry and that's what this is, sheer waste!
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf

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