Word: waste Word origin: Middle English: from Old Northern French wast(e ) (noun), waster (verb), based on Latin vastus ‘unoccupied, uncultivated’. Phonetic: weɪst Listen:
use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. Example: we can't afford to waste electricity
(of a person or a part of the body) become progressively weaker and more emaciated. Example: she was visibly wasting away
devastate or ruin (a place). Example: he seized their cattle and wasted their country
(of time) pass away. Example: the years were wasting
(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process. Example: ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly
(of an area of land, typically an urban one) not used, cultivated, or built on. Example: a patch of waste ground
an act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. Example: it's a waste of time trying to argue with him
unwanted or unusable material, substances, or by-products. Example: nuclear waste
a large area of barren, typically uninhabited land. Example: the icy wastes of the Antarctic
damage to an estate caused by an act or by neglect, especially by a life tenant.
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