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waste

• (s) located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
  • a desert island
  • a godforsaken wilderness crossroads
  • a wild stretch of land
  • waste places
  godforsaken, wild,

Nouns

• (n) 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 material, waste matter, waste product,
• (n) 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
  wastefulness, dissipation,
• (n) the trait of wasting resources
  • a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
  • the wastefulness of missed opportunities
  thriftlessness, wastefulness,
• (n) an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
  • the barrens of central Africa
  • the trackless wastes of the desert
  barren, wasteland,
• (n) (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect permissive waste,

Verbs

• (v) spend thoughtlessly; throw away
  • He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
  • You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
  squander, blow,
• (v) use inefficiently or inappropriately
  • waste heat
  • waste a joke on an unappreciative audience
• (v) get rid of
  • We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
• (v) run off as waste
  • The water wastes back into the ocean
  run off,
• (v) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
  • The mafia liquidated the informer
  • the double agent was neutralized
  do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize,
• (v) spend extravagantly
  • waste not, want not
  ware, squander, consume,
• (v) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
  • After her husband died, she just pined away
  languish, pine away,
• (v) cause to grow thin or weak
  • The treatment emaciated him
  emaciate, macerate,
• (v) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  • The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
  devastate, lay waste to, ravage, desolate, scourge,
• (v) become physically weaker
  • Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world
  rot,

Synonyms

godforsaken wild squander blow waste material waste matter waste product wastefulness dissipation thriftlessness run off barren wasteland permissive waste do in knock off liquidate neutralise neutralize ware consume languish pine away emaciate macerate devastate lay waste to ravage desolate scourge rot

Antonyms

economize husband economise conserve

Words of close approximity