Other Words for Waste

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Waste as a Adjective has these synonyms:

enervate, enfeeble, emaciate, gnaw, destroy, consume, debilitate, exhaust, disable
Example: Arkwright contracted a terrible wasting disease while in the tropics.

misuse, misapplication, squandering, dissipation, misemployment, abuse, neglect
Example: What a terrible waste of talent to have such a person doing such lowly work! Do not let that genius go to waste.

squander, misuse, throw away, fritter away, misspend, splurge, dissipate, blow
Example: Why I wasted so much time on him I'll never know. Don't waste your money on such frivolities.

Waste as a Noun has these synonyms:

assassinate, murder, kill, put away, rub out, ice
Example: Don't worry, Boss, we'll waste Andy and you won't have no more trouble.

barren, unproductive, unusable, unsalvageable,eless, unrecyclable, unprofitable, worthless
Example: The waste products of manufacture are a big problem.

Waste as a Verb has these synonyms:

extra, leftover, unused, superfluous, worthless,eless
Example: The waste food was usually fed to the animals.

refuse, rubbish, garbage, dregs, debris, leavings, scrap, offscourings, sweepings, litter, orts, trash
Example: Techniques are being developed to process the waste in order to avoid using landfills, incineration, dumping at sea.

wasteland, desert, wilderness, barrens, wilds, emptiness, vastness
Example: Beyond that system were vast wastes of uninhabited space.

wasting, extravagance, prodigality, wastefulness, squandering, indulgence, lavishness, profligacy, dissoluteness, improvidence, overindulgence
Example: Government waste is one of our biggest problems.

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