• 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"
• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
• the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and Waste"; "the Wastefulness of missed opportunities"
• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless Wastes of the desert"
• 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 away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
• devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay Waste to the countryside after the invasion"
• cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
• spend extravagantly; "Waste not, want not"
• use inefficiently or inappropriately; "Waste heat"; "Waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
• run off as Waste; "The water Wastes back into the ocean"
• get rid of; "We Waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
• spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He Wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "Waste places"
• disposed of as useless; "Waste paper"

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