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The correct spelling is wastes.
How to pronounce wastes
noun
IPA: /weɪsts/
Say it like: Was-tes
The correct spelling is wastes. 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.Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- 2.Excrement or urine.
- 3.A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- 4.A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- 5.A large tract of uncultivated land.
verb
- 1.To devastate, destroy
- 2.To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
- 3.To kill; to murder.
- 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.Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
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