Word Image
plural: wastes
Part Of Speech
noun, verb, adjective
Word Meaning
noun: a region that has few people or is empty of most signs of life; the act, or an instance of wasting; material left over, rejected, or thrown away; an unwanted product obtained in the course of a manufacturing or chemical process
verb: to destroy completely; to wear away or grow smaller gradually; to spend carelessly or uselessly
adjective: being wild and without people or crops; being in a ruined condition; thrown away as worthless after being used; of no further use to a person, animal, or plant
Word Family
wasted
wasting
wasteful
wasteland
wastewater
wastebasket
wastepaper
Sentences
Extreme illness caused her to waste away.
They discovered rusting barrels of toxic, hazardous waste underground.
Let’s not waste our valuable resources any further.
As a writer, she’s wasting her talent on magazine articles.
We need to find ways to reduce unnecessary waste.
Turn off the lights so we don’t waste electricity.
We used waste acreage that was not fit for anything else.
The restaurant business can be so wasteful with food.
It seems like such a waste to throw these old computers away.
The show is set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland.
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