Waste (Noun)
Meaning 1
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
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".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Nouns denoting substances.
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- Excretion
- Excretory Product
- Sewer Water
- Sewerage
- Toxic Industrial Waste
- Exhaust Fumes
- Wastewater
- Skank
- Refuse
- Scraps
- Trash
- Food Waste
- Dross
- Fumes
- Excreta
- Excrement
- Crud
- Scrap
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Meaning 4
The trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 5
An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert".
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Nouns denoting spatial position.