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waste::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | emaciate, macerate |
| Type of | enfeeble, debilitate, drain |
| Derivation | wastage, wasting |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rot |
| Type of | devolve, degenerate, drop, deteriorate |
| Has types | necrose, mortify, gangrene, sphacelate |
| Derivation | wastage |
waste::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize |
| Type of | kill |
waste::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dissipation, wastefulness |
| Type of | activity |
| Has types | high life, boondoggle, squandering, lavishness, waste of money, waste of time, waste of material, waste of energy, highlife, prodigality, waste of effort, extravagance |
if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste.
waste::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | permissive waste |
| Type of | act, human activity, human action, deed |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | thriftlessness, wastefulness |
| Type of | improvidence, shortsightedness |
a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste.
the wastefulness of missed opportunities.
waste::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | waste material, waste matter, waste product |
| Type of | stuff, material |
| Has types | excreta, excretion, excretory product, exhaust, exhaust fumes, filth, food waste, fumes, garbage, sewage, body waste, crud, dross, effluent, excrement, impurity, pollutant, refuse, rubbish, scrap, scraps, wastewater, sewer water, sewerage, skank, slop, toxic industrial waste, toxic waste, trash |
they collect the waste once a week.
much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers.
Examples of waste
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The trees will be collected during the regular trash or yard waste pick-up days.
From the stltoday.com
Residents may also recycle yard waste at the curb or at the city's Earth Centre.
From the stltoday.com
I know wrestling is fake and I don't waste my time watching or arguing about it.
From the washingtontimes.com
Many cities offer a solid-waste pickup day when paint can be taken for disposal.
From the sacbee.com
In the face of budget cuts, Schneiderman said fraud and waste must be uncovered.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Much of that waste is because doctors and patients are often not cost-efficient.
From the businessweek.com
Supreme's customers say they believe the company handles their e-waste properly.
From the businessweek.com
For several years there have been allegations of waste and fraud in the program.
From the kentucky.com
Late budgets waste tax money and inflate the cost of building schools and roads.
From the sfgate.com
- 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"
- Godforsaken: located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
- Spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
- Use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
- 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"
- Get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
- Waste (also known as rubbish, trash, refuse, garbage, or junk) is unwanted or unusable materials. Litter is waste which has been disposed of improperly, particularly waste which has been carelessly disposed of in plain sight, as opposed to waste which has been dumped to avoid paying for waste ...
- WASTE is a peer-to-peer and friend-to-friend protocol and software application developed by Justin Frankel at Nullsoft in 2003 that features instant messaging, chat rooms and file browsing/sharing capabilities. The name WASTE is a reference to Thomas Pynchon's novel The Crying of Lot 49. ...
- Waste is a term used in the law of real property to describe a cause of action that can be brought in court to address a change in condition of real property brought about by a current tenant that damages or destroys the value of that property. ...
