waste

  1. Noun.  A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness.
  2. Noun.  A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
  3. Noun.  A large tract of uncultivated land.
  4. Noun.  A vast expanse of water.
  5. Noun.  A disused mine or part of one.
  6. Noun.  The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
  7. Noun.  Large abundance of something, especially without it being used.
  8. Noun.  Gradual loss or decay.
  9. Noun.  A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
  10. Noun.  (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste".
  11. Noun.  Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
  12. Noun.  Excrement (animal '''waste''', human '''waste''').
  13. Noun.  (legal) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
  14. Adjective.  (context, now) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
  15. Adjective.  Barren; desert.
  16. Adjective.  Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
  17. Adjective.  Superfluous; needless.
  18. Adjective.  Unfortunate; Disappointing.
  19. Verb.  (transitive, now) To devastate or destroy.
  20. Verb.  (transitive) To use up, diminish, reduce by gradual loss; to decay; to emaciate.
  21. Verb.  (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
  22. Verb.  (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
  23. Verb.  (intransitive) Gradually lose weight or weaken.

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