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wastes

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. 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.

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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