Synonym: consume, dregs, exhaust, garbage, refuse, rubbish, spend, squander, use up. Antonym: save. Similar words: plaster cast, haste, paste, caste, baste, chaste, hasten, taste. Meaning: [weɪst] n. 1. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted 2. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly 3. the trait of wasting resources 4. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation 5. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect. v. 1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away 2. use inefficiently or inappropriately 3. get rid of 4. run off as waste 5. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing 6. spend extravagantly 7. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 8. cause to grow thin or weak 9. devastate or ravage 10. waste away. adj. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate.
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181. They should stop offloading waste from oil tankers into the sea.
182. If nobody comes all this food will go to waste.
183. The waste water was piped up from the sub - stations to the central station for cleaning.
184. Mexican cookery is economical, she says. Nothing goes to waste.
185. There's so much lovely food here, it would be a sin to waste it.
186. The redundancy of skilled and experienced workers is a terrible waste and a clear sign of an unhealthy economy.
187. Limits on the dumping of waste will at least prevent further environmental deterioration in the region.
188. The report admits to several outstanding questions about the safety of the waste dumps.
189. Why waste time going to the bank when you can do it all over the Internet?
190. German law forbids the dumping of hazardous waste on German soil.
191. He opposes any kind of nuclear waste being dumped at sea.
192. I guess it sheer waste of time arguing about it.
193. She's been unemployed for two years and it's such a waste of her talents.
194. The government declared that it did not dump radioactive waste at sea.
195. A new centre for research on toxic waste was inaugurated today at Imperial College.
196. What a pity to see all that food go to waste.
197. Contractors have started building on waste land near the town.
198. Hundreds of squatters have invaded waste land in the hope that they will be allowed to stay.
199. It would be a crime to waste all that good food.
200. The convention established procedures for the transport of toxic waste.
201. Microbes decompose organic waste into a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide.
202. Britain dumps more of its waste than any other European country.
203. The waste from the factory was taken away in trucks.
204. A lot of waste is being tipped into the sea.
205. The invading army laid waste to towns and villages on their way to the capital.
206. They believe the statue is a waste of taxpayers' money.
207. All household waste should be disposed of in strong garbage bags.
208. The waste of public money on the project was criticized.
209. The river has been polluted with toxic waste from local factories.
210. The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.
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