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waste

The correct spelling is waste.

How to pronounce waste

/weɪst/
noun

IPA: /weɪst/

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The correct spelling is waste. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish. For example: "The cage was littered with animal waste"

Usage Examples

The cage was littered with animal waste

Her life seemed a waste

We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
  2. 2.Excrement or urine.
  3. 3.A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
  4. 4.A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
  5. 5.A large tract of uncultivated land.

adjective

  1. 1.Uncultivated, uninhabited.
  2. 2.Barren; desert.
  3. 3.Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
  4. 4.Superfluous; needless.
  5. 5.Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

verb

  1. 1.To devastate, destroy
  2. 2.To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
  3. 3.To kill; to murder.
  4. 4.To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
  5. 5.Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.

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