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waste

adjective
  1. located in a dismal or remote area
    wild
noun
  1. useless or profitless activity
    wastefulness
  2. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
    permissive waste
  3. the trait of wasting resources
    “a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste”
    wastefulness
  4. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
    barren
  5. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
    “they collect the waste once a week”
    waste materialwaste matterwaste product
verb
  1. become physically weaker
    rot
  2. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
    “The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion”
    desolate
  3. cause to grow thin or weak
    emaciatemacerate
  4. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
    languishpine away
  5. spend extravagantly
    “waste not, want not”
    wareconsumesquander
  6. use inefficiently or inappropriately
    “waste heat”
  7. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
    knock offneutralizeneutralisedo inliquidate
  8. run off as waste
    “The water wastes back into the ocean”
    run off
  9. get rid of
    “We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer”
    throw
  10. spend thoughtlessly
    blow