Waste

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent

weɪst

Definitions

Residue.
Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
countable, uncountable
Excrement or urine.
countable, uncountable
A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
countable, uncountable
A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
countable, uncountable
A large tract of uncultivated land.
countable, uncountable
The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
countable, historical, uncountable
A vast expanse of water.
countable, uncountable
A disused mine or part of one.
countable, uncountable
The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
countable, uncountable
Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
countable, uncountable
Gradual loss or decay.
countable, uncountable
A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
countable, uncountable
Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
countable, rare, uncountable
A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
countable, uncountable
Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
countable, uncountable

Conjugation

Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of Waste.

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Equivalents

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العربيةالنفاية سرف عادمنفايات

Azərbaycan diliatıntı israf tullantı

Българскизагуба негоден опустошавамотпадък развалям убивам

Bosanskidesert gubitak mataroda otpad rešt škart slabi smeće šteta ugar губитак лом отпад смеће тратити штета

Catalàdestruir malbaratament malbaratarmalgastar pèrdua

Češtinaodpad

Cymraegdiffeithdir

Danskaffald ødemark spild

Ελληνικάαπόβλητα απόρριμμα σκουπίδισπατάλη χάσιμο

Esperantodezerto malŝpari rubo

Gaeilgedríodar meath meilvásta

Gàidhligana-caitheamh call cosgfàs sgudal

Galegodeserto lixo

עבריתאבטלה פסולת שמה

हिन्दीअपशिष्ट कचरा कूड़ाग़लीज़नाश बंजर बीहड़मल

Hrvatskidesert gubitak mataroda otpad rešt škart slabi smeće šteta ugar губитак лом отпад смеће тратити штета

Magyarelveszteget hulladék kietlenmeddő parlag pazarol puszta sivatag ugar ürülék

Հայերենվատնել

Bahasa Indonesiaampas buangan limbah

Íslenskadrasl rusl sorp

日本語あくたこみふいにする不必要屑廃品浪費潰す無駄無駄にする無駄使い糞荒れた荒れ地駄肉

ភាសាខ្មែរខ្ជះខ្ជាយ

한국어낭비 낭비하다 랑비배설물 폐기물 폐품

KurdîFas israf miştmist ode rîsipî telef waste

Latinaeiectamenta harena prodigoquisquilia vastitas vastum versura

LëtzebuergeschDreck Offall Verfall

ລາວຜ່ານ

Latviešumēsli nīkt

Te Reo Māoritae weta

മലയാളംമാലിന്യം

Nederlandsafval braakliggend koud makenovertollig rommel verdoen verklungelen verkwisten verkwisting vermorsen verspillen verspilling verval verwoesten verzwakken vuil wegkwijnen wegkwijning woest woestenij

Polskigłum koszt marnacjamarnotrawstwo marnować śmieci szkoda zdziery

Portuguêsdefinhar degeneração degradaçãodejeto deserto desperdiçar desperdício destruir devastar ermo excremento fezes lixo matar refugo

Românădecădea decădere descărnadeșert deșeu devasta distruge emacia excrement gunoi inutil irosi irosire omorî pierde pierdere prisos pustietate pustiu rest risipi slăbi Sterp superfluu ucide

Русскийгрохать грохнуть замочитьизнашиваться ко́кнуть опустошать отбро́сы отхо́ды пустошь разорять разрушать расточать растрата расходовать транжирить трата тратить укоко́шить

Српскиdesert gubitak mataroda otpad rešt škart slabi smeće šteta ugar губитак лом отпад смеће тратити штета

Svenskaavfall avföring förfallförfalla föröda förslösa förspilla försvaga Öda ode ödelägga ödemark överflödig skrap slösa slöseri spill spilla

తెలుగుకృశించు చెత్త

ไทยกาก ขยะ ผลาญเยื่อ เสี่ย เสียเปล่า

Türkçeatık çarçur etmek harcamakisraf pislik telef

Українськавитрача́ти відходи ломмарнотра́тити пу́стка сміття спустошувати тратити

Tiếng Việthào môn ve chai

Examples

“The cage was littered with animal waste ⟳.”

“We went down accordingly into the waste ⟳, and began to make ⟳ our toilsome and devious travel ⟳ towards the eastern verge.”

“The pampas of Argentina and the chilly wastes of Patagonia, like ⟳ the prairies and deserts of North America, were largely shunned by Spanish settlers until the 1870s.”

“That was a waste ⟳ of time!”

“Her life seemed a waste ⟳.”

“'Rebel railwaymen' at Birmingham New Street refused to wear ⟳ the new uniforms on the grounds that they were a "complete ⟳ waste ⟳ of public money".”

CEFR level

A2

Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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See also

waste away waste bin waste breath waste disposal waste disposal unit waste fellow

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