Definitions For Waste
noun
- Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- The trait of wasting resources
- An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- Loss of something valuable that occurs because too much of it is being used or because it is being used in a way that is not necessary or effective
- An action or use that results in the unnecessary loss of something valuable
- A situation in which something valuable is not being used or is being used in a way that is not appropriate or effective
verb
- Become physically weaker
- Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- Cause to grow thin or weak
- Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- Spend extravagantly
- Use inefficiently or inappropriately
- Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- Run off as waste
- Get rid of
- Spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- To use (something valuable) in a way that is not necessary or effective : to use more of (something) than is necessary
- To use (something or someone) in a way that does not produce a valuable result or effect : to fail to use (something or someone) in an appropriate or effective way
- To kill or murder (someone)
adjective
- Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
Is Waste a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
8
The word Waste is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Waste in a Sentence
- The current system causes a lot of waste.
- We need to find ways to reduce unnecessary waste.
- These old computers are still useful. It seems like such a waste to throw them away.
- Don't waste water during the summer drought.
- He always wasted his money on useless gadgets.
- Turn off the lights so we don't waste electricity.
- waste acreage that was not fit for anything
Synonyms for Waste
Antonyms for Waste
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