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to misuse something or to use it carelessly
waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product(noun)any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
"they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
waste, wastefulness, dissipation(noun)useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
"if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness(noun)the trait of wasting resources
"a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
barren, waste, wasteland(noun)an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
"the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
waste, permissive waste(adj)(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
godforsaken, waste, wild(verb)located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
"a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
waste, blow, squander(verb)spend thoughtlessly; throw away
"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
waste(verb)use inefficiently or inappropriately
"waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
waste(verb)get rid of
"We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
waste, run off(verb)run off as waste
"The water wastes back into the ocean"
neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in(verb)get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
"The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
consume, squander, waste, ware(verb)spend extravagantly
"waste not, want not"
pine away, waste, languish(verb)lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
"After her husband died, she just pined away"
waste, emaciate, macerate(verb)cause to grow thin or weak
"The treatment emaciated him"
lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge(verb)cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
waste, rot(verb)become physically weaker
"Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetationwaste acreage that was not fit for anything
an instance of spending money or resources without care or restraintit seems like a waste to spend my entire paycheck on a bigger TV
discarded or useless materialgathered up the waste when he was finished sewing
land that is uninhabited or not fit for cropsan area that was a barren waste after the strip-mining had ended
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canala local ordinance requiring dog owners to properly dispose of their pet's waste
a wide space or areaa legendary mariner doomed to sail the watery wastes of the world until Judgment Day
a gradual weakening, loss, or destructionthe slow waste of the once broad beach by the relentless tide
to use up carelesslyhe wasted his lottery winnings on booze-soaked nights with gold diggers
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness ofone country attempting to waste another
to diminish the physical strength ofendless months of inactivity wasted him
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