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v., wast·ed, wast·ing, wastes.

v.tr.
  1. To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
  2. To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble: Disease wasted his body.
  3. To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose: waste an opportunity.
    1. To destroy completely.
    2. Slang. To kill; murder.
v.intr.
  1. To lose energy, strength, weight, or vigor; become weak or enfeebled: wasting away from an illness.
  2. To pass without being put to use: Time is wasting.
n.
  1. The act or an instance of wasting or the condition of being wasted: a waste of talent; gone to waste.
  2. A place, region, or land that is uninhabited or uncultivated; a desert or wilderness.
  3. A devastated or destroyed region, town, or building; a ruin.
    1. An unusable or unwanted substance or material, such as a waste product.
    2. Something, such as steam, that escapes without being used.
  5. Garbage; trash.
  6. The undigested residue of food eliminated from the body; excrement.
adj.
  1. Regarded or discarded as worthless or useless: waste trimmings.
  2. Used as a conveyance or container for refuse: a waste bin.
  3. Excreted from the body: waste matter.
idiom:

waste (one's) breath

  1. To gain or accomplish nothing by speaking.

[Middle English wasten, from Old North French waster, from Latin vāstāre, to make empty, from vāstus, empty.]

SYNONYMS   waste, blow, consume, dissipate, fritter, squander. These verbs mean to spend or expend without restraint and often to no avail: wasted my inheritance; blew a fortune at the casino; time and money that was consumed in litigation; dissipated their energies in pointless argument; frittering away her entire allowance; squandered his talent on writing jingles.
ANTONYM1  save


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Real Estate Dictionary: Waste
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Often found in a Mortgage or Lease contract, or in aLife Estate this term refers to property abuse, destruction, or damage (beyond normal wear and tear). The possessor causes unreasonable injury to the holders of other interests in the land, house, garden, or other property. The injured party may attempt to terminate the contract or sue for Damages.
Example: A tenant neglecting to heat an apartment in the winter with the result of damage to the plumbing.
Example: A mortgagor failing to pay property taxes, thereby risking a tax Foreclosure.
Example: A life tenant converting a residential property into a production center for some specialized product.

Accounting Dictionary: Waste
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Term used for shrinkage, evaporation, and so on. The cost of waste from these causes usually is not traced and is not recognized in the accounts. In a standard cost system an allowance for waste may be included in the determination of standard cost. Waste in excess of standard is thus revealed as a quantity or usage variance.

Thesaurus: waste
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verb

  1. To use up foolishly or needlessly: consume, devour, dissipate, squander. See save/waste.
  2. To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly: consume, dissipate, fool away, fritter away, riot away, squander, throw away, trifle away. Slang blow1. See save/waste.
  3. To pass (time) without working or in avoiding work: dawdle (away), fiddle away, idle (away), kill1, trifle away, while (away), wile (away). See industrious/lazy.
  4. To lose strength or power. decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag2, languish, sink, wane, weaken. Informal fizzle (out). Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids. See increase/decrease, strong/weak.
  5. To fail to take advantage of: lose, miss. Idioms: let slip, let slip through one's fingers, lose out on. See used/unused.
  6. To do away with completely and destructively: consume, devour, eat (up), swallow (up). See help/harm/harmless.
  7. To destroy completely as or as if by conquering: desolate, devastate, ravage. Idioms: lay waste. See help/harm/harmless.
  8. To cause the death of: carry off, cut down, cut off, destroy, dispatch, finish (off), kill1, slay. Slang zap. Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep. See help/harm/harmless.
  9. To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully: destroy, finish (off), kill1, liquidate, murder, slay. Informal put away. Slang bump off, do in, knock off, off, rub out, wipe out, zap. See help/harm/harmless.

noun

  1. Excessive or imprudent expenditure: extravagance, extravagancy, lavishness, prodigality, profligacy, profuseness, profusion, squander, wastefulness. See careful/careless, save/waste.
  2. A tract of unproductive land: badlands, barren (often used in plural), desert1, wasteland, wilderness. See rich/poor.

Antonyms: waste
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n

Definition: garbage, refuse
Antonyms: possessions

n

Definition: land that is uncultivated
Antonyms: development

n

Definition: spending, use without thought
Antonyms: hoarding, saving

v

Definition: ruin, destroy
Antonyms: build, create, preserve

v

Definition: spend or use without thought; dwindle
Antonyms: hoard, save

Architecture: waste
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1. The discharge from any fixture, appliance, area, or appurtenance which contains no fecal matter.
2. See sanitary waste.
3. Waste material such as garbage, refuse, rubbish, and trash.

Archaeology Dictionary: waste
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A medieval term describing poor uncultivated land, often used for common grazing and as a source of fuel and building material. Waste belonged to the lord of the manor.
Law Encyclopedia: Waste
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Harmful or destructive use of real property by one in rightful possession of the property.

Waste is an unreasonable or improper use of land by an individual in rightful possession of the land. A party with an interest in a parcel of land may file a civil action based on waste committed by an individual who also has an interest in the land. Such disputes may arise between life tenants and remainderpersons and landlords and tenants. The lawsuit may seek an injunction to stop the waste, damages for the waste, or both. Actions based on waste ordinarily arise when an owner of land takes exception to the manner in which the possessor or tenant is using the land.

The four common types of waste are voluntary, permissive, ameliorating, and equitable waste. Voluntary waste is the willful destruction or carrying away of something attached to the property. In an action for voluntary waste, the plaintiff must show that the waste was caused by an affirmative act of the tenant. Such waste might occur if a life tenant (a person who possesses the land for his lifetime, after which a remainderperson takes possession) chops down all the trees on the occupied land and sells them as lumber.

Voluntary waste will also occur, for example, if the tenant of an apartment removes kitchen appliances that are attached to the apartment floors and walls. More commonly, the tenant breaks a window, damages walls or woodwork, or otherwise damages the apartment. Landlords typically protect against this type of voluntary waste by requiring a damage or security deposit from the tenant at the commencement of the lease. When the tenant vacates the apartment, the landlord inspects for waste. If the apartment has been damaged, the landlord will use part or all of the deposit for repairs. If the damage exceeds the deposit, however, the landlord may file an action seeking damages for the repairs not covered by the deposit.

Permissive waste is an injury caused by an omission, rather than an affirmative act, on the part of the tenant. This type of waste might occur, for example, if a tenant permits a house to fall into disrepair by not making reasonable maintenance repairs.

Ameliorating waste is an alteration in the physical characteristics of the premises by an unauthorized act of the tenant that increases the value of the property. For example, a tenant might make improvements that increase the value of the property, such as remodeling a bathroom. Generally, a tenant is not held liable if she commits this type of waste.

Equitable waste is a harm to the reversionary interest in land that is inconsistent with fruitful use. This cause of action is recognized only by courts of equity and is not regarded as legal waste in courts of law. For example, if the life tenant begins to cut down immature trees, the remainderperson, who will someday take possession of the property, may file an action in equity seeking an injunction to stop the cutting. The remainderperson would argue that the cutting imperils the productive use of the land in the future, because the value of the land after the immature trees have been cut would be decreased.

In an action for waste, a plaintiff commonly will seek damages for acts that have already occurred and request an injunction against future acts. A court will order an injunction if it finds that irreparable harm will occur and that the legal remedy would be inadequate, unless otherwise provided by statute. Certain laws provide for temporary relief if acts of waste are either threatened or committed.

The ordinary measure of damages for waste is the diminution in value of the property to the nonpossessor as a result of the acts of the possessor. This is frequently difficult to measure, particularly in situations where a significant period of time will elapse before the plaintiff is entitled to actual possession.

See: landlord and tenant; life estate.

Veterinary Dictionary: waste
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1. gradual loss, decay, or diminution of bulk.
2. useless and effete material, unfit for further use within the organism.
3. to pine away or dwindle.

  • w. disposal — techniques for disposing of a veterinary practice's, or abattoir or feedlot or milking shed wastes. By incineration, deep burial, washed away in a sewer as any other effluent or reclamation for industrial or agricultural use. Disposal of wastes from a veterinary practice or service has additional problems. There is a need for disposal of animal cadavers, kennel and pen wastes, tissue specimens, blood and milk and other samples. Much of the material is infected, some of it dangerous to humans, and therefore needs to be disposed of legally and systematically.
  • w. management system — planned, economic and conservationist program for the recycling and conservation of waste.
  • recycled w. — includes chicken litter, newsprint, sugar cane bagasse, fruit pomace, crude sewage, sewage sludge used as pasture topdressing and feed for farm animals, newsprint used as bedding for horses. See also recycled animal wastes.
Word Tutor: waste
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Useless or profitless. Also: To spend thoughtlessly.

pronunciation Waste not fresh tears over old griefs. — Euripides (c. 485-406 BC).

Tutor's tip: Another word that sounds like "waste" which means to use in a careless manner, is "waist" which is the part of the body between the ribs and the hips.

Quotes About: Waste
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"Every day you waste is one you can never make up." - George Allen

"I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours." - Bernard Berenson

"Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it." - Samuel Butler

"The biggest waste of water in the country is when you spend half a pint and flush two gallons." - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

"Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless." - Thomas A. Edison

"Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and with them everything." - Benjamin Franklin

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Wikipedia: Waste
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For other uses, see Waste (disambiguation).
See also: Garbage
Common rubbish in a bin bag.
A dumpster full of waste awaiting disposal.

Waste (also referred to as rubbish, trash, garbage, or junk) is unwanted or unusable materials.

In living organisms, waste is the unwanted substances or toxins that are expelled from them. More commonly, waste refers to the materials that are disposed of in a system of waste management.

Waste is directly linked to human development, both technologically and socially. The composition of different wastes have varied over time and location, with industrial development and innovation being directly linked to waste materials. Examples of this include plastics and nuclear technology. Some components of waste have economical value and can be recycled once correctly recovered.

Waste is sometimes a subjective concept, because items that some people discard may have value to others. It is widely recognised that waste materials are a valuable resource, whilst there is debate as to how this value is best realised.

There are many waste types defined by modern systems of waste management, notably including:

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Definitions

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

According to the Basel Convention:
"Substances or objects which are disposed of or are intended to be disposed of or are required to be disposed of by the provisions of national law" (Basel Convention). [1]

Produced by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD):
"Wastes are materials that are not prime products (that is products produced for the market) for which the generator has no further use in terms of his/her own purposes of production, transformation or consumption, and of which he/she wants to dispose. Wastes may be generated during the extraction of raw materials, the processing of raw materials into intermediate and final products, the consumption of final products, and other human activities. Residuals recycled or reused at the place of generation are excluded." [2].

European Union (EU)

The European Union defines waste as an object the holder discards, intends to discard or is required to discard is waste under the Waste Framework Directive (European Directive 75/442/EC as amended).

Once a substance or object has become waste, it will remain waste until it has been fully recovered and no longer poses a potential threat to the environment or to human health."[3]

Schematic illustration of the EU Legal definition of waste.

The UK's Environmental Protection Act 1990 indicated waste includes any substance which constitutes a scrap material, an effluent or other unwanted surplus arising from the application of any process or any substance or article which requires to be disposed of which has been broken, worn out, contaminated or otherwise spoiled; this is supplemented with anything which is discarded otherwise dealt with as if it were waste shall be presumed to be waste unless the contrary is proved. This definition was amended by the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 defining waste as:

"any substance or object which the producer or the person in possession of it, discards or intends or is required to discard but with exception of anything excluded from the scope of the Waste Directive".[4]

The European Union has started a discussion that will end in an End-of-Waste directive which will clarify the distinction between waste — that shall be treated for disposal — and raw materials that can be reused for the same or other purposes [5].

Scholars

  • Proposed definitions by Pongrácz and Pohjola (2004)
  1. Non-wanted things created, not intended, or not avoided, with no Purpose.
  2. Things that were given a finite Purpose thus destined to become useless after fulfilling it.
  3. Things with well-defined Purpose, but their Performance ceased being acceptable
  4. Things with well-defined Purpose, and acceptable Performance, but their users failed to use them for the intended Purpose. [6]
  • Taiichi Ohno from Toyota Production System describs waste as "Any human activity that absorbs resources but creates no value"

Reporting

There are many issues that surround reporting waste. It is most commonly measured by size or weight, and there is a stark difference between the two. For example, organic waste is much heavier when it is wet, and plastic or glass bottles can have different weights but be the same size. [7] On a global scale it is difficult to report waste because countries have different definitions of waste and what falls into waste categories, as well as different ways of reporting. Based on incomplete reports from its parties, the Basel Convention estimated 338 million tonnes of waste was generated in 2001.[8] For the same year, OCED estimated 4 billion tonnes from its member countries.[9] Despite these inconsistencies, waste reporting is still useful on a small and large scale to determine key causes and locations, and to find ways of preventing, minimizing, recovering, treating, and disposing waste.

Costs

Environmental costs

Waste can attract rodents and insects which cause gastrointestinal parasites, yellow fever, worms, the plague and other conditions for humans. Exposure to hazardous wastes, particularly when they are burned, can cause various other diseases including cancers. Waste can contaminate surface water, groundwater, soil, and air which causes more problems from humans, other species, and ecosystems.[10] Waste treatment and disposal produces significant green house gas (GHG) emissions, notably methane, which are contributing significantly to global climate change.[8]

Social costs

Waste management is a significant environmental justice issue. Many of the environmental burdens cited above are more often borne by marginalized groups, such as racial minorities, women, and residents of developing nations. NIMBY (not-in-my-back-yard) is a popular term used to describes the opposition of residents to a proposal for a new development close to them. [11] However, the need for expansion and siting of waste treatment and disposal facilities is increasing worldwide. There is now a growing market in the transboundary movement of waste, and although most waste that flows between countries goes between developed nations, a significant amount of waste is moved from developed to developing nations. [12]

Economic costs

The economic costs of managing waste are high, and are often paid for by municipal governments.[13] Money can often be saved with more efficiently designed collection routes, modifying vehicles, and with public education. Environmental policies such as pay as you throw can reduce the cost of management and reduce waste quantities. Waste recovery (that is, recycling, reuse) can curve economic costs because it avoids extracting raw materials and often cuts transportation costs.[14] The location of waste treatment and disposal facilities often has an impact on property values due to noise, dust, pollution, unsightliness, and negative stigma. The informal waste sector comprises mostly of waste pickers who scavenge for metals, glass, plastic, textiles, and other materials and then trade them for a profit. This sector can significantly alter or reduce waste in a particular system, but other negative economic effects come with the disease, poverty, exploitation, and abuse of its workers. [15]

Education and awareness

Education and awareness in the area of waste and waste management is increasingly important from a global perspective of resource management. The Talloires Declaration is a declaration for sustainability concerned about the unprecedented scale and speed of environmental pollution and degradation, and the depletion of natural resources. Local, regional, and global air pollution; accumulation and distribution of toxic wastes; destruction and depletion of forests, soil, and water; depletion of the ozone layer and emission of "green house" gases threaten the survival of humans and thousands of other living species, the integrity of the earth and its biodiversity, the security of nations, and the heritage of future generations. Several universities have implemented the Talloires Declaration by establishing environmental management and waste management programs, e.g. the waste management universityproject. University and vocational education are promoted by various organizations, e.g. WAMITAB and Chartered Institution of Wastes Management.

See also

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References

  1. ^ Baker, Elaine et al. “Vital Waste Graphics.” United Nations Environment Program and Grid-Arendal, 2004. < http://www.grida.no/publications/vg/waste/page/2853.aspx >.
  2. ^ “Glossary of Statistical Terms.” 2003. OECD. 12 Oct 2009. < http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=2896 >. 6
  3. ^ The Definition of Waste Waste Definition, Agrarian
  4. ^ Waste explained CIWM
  5. ^ JRC institute for prospective technological studies, feb 2009
  6. ^ Pongrácz E & Pohjola VJ. “Re-defining waste, the concept of ownership and the roles of waste management.” Resources Conservation & Recycling. 40.2 (2004): 141-153.
  7. ^ "Solid Waste Management." 2005. United Nations Environment Programme. Chapter III: Waste Quantities and Characteristics, 31-38. <http://www.unep.or.jp/Ietc/Publications/spc/Solid_Waste_Management/index.asp>.
  8. ^ a b “International Waste Activities.” 2003. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 12 Oct 2009. < http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/international/index.htm >
  9. ^ "Improving Recycling Markets." OECD Environment Program. Paris: OECD, 2006. <http://www.oecd.org/document/14/0,3343,en_2649_34395_37757966_1_1_1_1,00.html>
  10. ^ Diaz, L. et al. Solid Waste Management, Volume 2. UNEP/Earthprint, 2006.
  11. ^ Wolsink, M. "Entanglement of interests and motives: Assumptions behind the NIMBY-theory on Facility Siting." Urban Studies 31.6 (1994): 851-866.
  12. ^ Ray, A. "Waste management in developing Asia: Can trade and cooperation help?" The Journal of Environment & Development 17.1 (2008): 3-25.
  13. ^ “Muck and brass: The waste business smells of money.” The Economist. 2009 02 28. pp. 10-12.
  14. ^ Carlsson Reich, M. "Economic assessment of municipal waste management systems – case studies using a combination of life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC)". Journal of Cleaner Production 13 (2005): 253-263.
  15. ^ Wilson, D.C.; Velis, C.; Cheeseman, C. "Role of informal sector recycling in waste management in developing countries." Habitat International 30 (2006): 797-808.

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Translations: Waste
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - spilde, tabe, miste, bortødsle, forspilde, hentære, dræbe, gøre det af med, hærge
v. intr. - spildt, tabt, mistet
adj. - ubeboet, øde, uopdyrket, kasseret, spild-, affalds-
n. - spild, affald, tab, svind, forfald, forringelse, afløb, ørken

idioms:

  • go to waste    gå til spilde
  • lay waste    hærge, ødelægge
  • waste away    smuldre hen, hentære
  • waste disposal    affaldsrenovering
  • waste one's breath    miste pusten, tabe vejret, hive efter vejret
  • waste pipe    afløbsrør
  • waste products    affaldsprodukter, spildprodukter
  • wasting disease    atrofi, vævssvind

Nederlands (Dutch)
verwoesten, slijten, wegkwijnen, verkwisten, verdoen, vermorsen, verspillen, woestenij, afval, afvoer, verkwisting, verspilling, woest, overtollig

Français (French)
v. tr. - gaspiller, perdre (temps), user (force), décharner (membre), atrophier, (US) supprimer/tuer (fam)
v. intr. - se perdre
adj. - inutilisé, perdu, gaspillé, de rebut, de déchets, inculte (terre), dévasté
n. - gaspillage, perte, (gén, Ind) déchets, désert

idioms:

  • go to waste    être gaspillé
  • lay waste    dévaster
  • waste away    dépérir
  • waste disposal    traitement des déchets
  • waste one's breath    parler à un mur, perdre son temps
  • waste pipe    tuyau de vidange
  • waste products    (Ind) déchets de fabrication, (Physiol, Méd) déchets
  • wasting disease    débilitant

Deutsch (German)
v. - verschwenden, abnehmen, auszehren, verwüsten, (Slang) umbringen
n. - Abfall, Verschwendung, Wüste, Abnutzung, Vernachlässigung, Abfluß(rohr)
adj. - brach, Abfall-, überflüssig

idioms:

  • go to waste    vergeudet werden
  • lay waste    zerstören, verwüsten
  • waste away    sich verzehren, verkümmern
  • waste disposal    Abfallbeseitigung, Entsorgung
  • waste one's breath    seine Worte verschwenden
  • waste pipe    Abflußrohr
  • waste products    Abfallprodukt, Ausscheidungsstoff
  • wasting disease    Krankheit, bei der der Patient mehr und mehr verfällt

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σπαταλώ, χαραμίζω, καταστρέφω, φθίνω, μαραζώνω, εξαντλώ, ερημώνω
n. - σπατάλη, έρημος, απόρριμμα, σκουπίδι, στράφι, άχρηστο υλικό, σκαρταδούρα, άχρηστος
adj. - χέρσος, σκάρτος, άχρηστος

idioms:

  • go to waste    ερημώνομαι, χαραμίζομαι, πάω στράφι
  • lay waste    (κατα)ρημάζω, ερημώνω, καταλεηλατώ
  • waste away    μαραζώνω, φθίνω, αδυνατίζω
  • waste disposal    αποκομιδή απορριμμάτων
  • waste one's breath    χάνω τα λόγια μου, μιλώ στο βρόντο
  • waste pipe    αποχετευτικός αγωγός
  • waste products    απορρίμματα παραγωγικής διαδικασίας
  • wasting disease    χτικιό, φθίση

Italiano (Italian)
sprecare, logorare, sciupare, far fuori, deserto, scorie, spreco, sperpero, desolato, incolto, arido, sterile, abbandonato, superfluo

idioms:

  • go to waste    andare a male
  • lay waste    devastare
  • waste away    consumarsi
  • waste disposal    eliminazione scorie
  • waste pipe    canale di scolo
  • waste products    rifiuti
  • wasting disease    mal sottile, tisi, malattia che logora l'organismo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desperdiçar, devastar
n. - perda (f), devastação (f), desperdício (m)
adj. - inútil

idioms:

  • go to waste    arruinar-se
  • lay waste    devastar
  • waste away    definhar-se
  • waste disposal    dispositivo de esmagar lixo
  • waste pipe    cano de esgoto (m)
  • waste products    excrementos
  • wasting disease    definhar-se

Русский (Russian)
растрачивание, потери, убыток, порча, небрежное отношение (арендатора к нанятому имуществу), отходы, металлический лом, макулатура, сточные воды, изнашивание, пустыня, пустырь, пустынный, опустошенный, ненужный, напрасный, бракованный, растрачивать, пропадать попусту, опустошать, истощаться

idioms:

  • go to waste    тратиться попусту, пропадать зря (о естественных ресурсах)
  • lay waste    опустошать, разорять
  • waste away    умирать
  • waste disposal    удаление отходов или сточных вод
  • waste pipe    сливная труба
  • waste products    отходы
  • wasting disease    изнурительная болезнь

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desperdiciar, malgastar, despilfarrar, consumir, devastar, destruir, debilitar
v. intr. - gastarse, desgastarse, debilitarse
adj. - baldío, desierto, yermo, incultivable, de desecho, residual, sobrante, devastado, excrementicio
n. - basura, yermo, desierto, residuos, pérdida, desgaste, deterioro, desperdicio

idioms:

  • go to waste    desperdiciarse
  • lay waste    arrasar
  • waste away    consumirse, demacrarse, atrofiarse
  • waste disposal    eliminación de desechos
  • waste one's breath    hablar o gastar saliva en balde
  • waste pipe    tubería de desagüe
  • waste products    desecho de fabricación, producto residual (de las actividades vitales del cuerpo)
  • wasting disease    enfermedad debilitante

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - slösa, kasta bort, härja, tära, avta, gå tillbaka, förfaras, försumma
n. - slöseri, förslösande, avfall, ödemark, försvagning, förslitning, förödelse, vanvård
adj. - ödelagd, förbrukad, bortkastad, avfalls-, överskotts-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
浪费, 使荒芜, 消耗, 消瘦, 废弃的, 多余的, 荒芜的, 废物, 损耗

idioms:

  • go to waste    浪费掉, 白费
  • lay waste    损毁
  • waste away    消瘦
  • waste disposal    废料处置
  • waste one's breath    白费口舌
  • waste pipe    污水管, 废水管
  • waste products    工业垃圾, 无用的副产品, 排泄物, 粪便
  • wasting disease    消蚀性疾病

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 浪費, 使荒蕪, 消耗
v. intr. - 浪費, 消瘦, 消耗
adj. - 廢棄的, 多餘的, 荒蕪的
n. - 廢物, 損耗, 浪費

idioms:

  • go to waste    浪費掉, 白費
  • lay waste    損毀
  • waste away    消瘦
  • waste disposal    廢料處置
  • waste one's breath    白費口舌
  • waste pipe    污水管, 廢水管
  • waste products    工業垃圾, 無用的副產品, 排泄物, 糞便
  • wasting disease    消蝕性疾病

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 낭비하다, (좋은 기회 따위를) 놓치다, 황폐케 하다
v. intr. - 쇠약해지다, 낭비되다, (때가) 지나다
adj. - 폐물의, 나머지의, 황폐한
n. - 낭비 , 쓰레기, 황무지

idioms:

  • go to waste    폐물이 되다, 낭비되고 있다
  • waste away    야위고 쇠약해지다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - むだに使う, 浪費する, 無駄にする, 荒らす, 消耗させる, すり減らす, 衰弱する
n. - むだ, 浪費, 廃物, 荒れ地
adj. - 廃物の, 無用の, 荒れ果てた, 耕されていない, 荒れた

idioms:

  • go to waste    むだになる
  • waste away    衰弱する
  • waste disposal    廃棄物処分, 廃棄物処理
  • waste of space    役立たず
  • waste one's breath    言っても無駄
  • waste pipe    排水管
  • waste products    廃棄物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدمر, يبذر, يبدد, يضيع, يهزل, يتضاءل, ينقضي, يذوب, يستهلك (الاسم) فقر, أرض بور, تبديد, إضاعه, خراب, دمار, نفايه, الحتات المجترف (صفه) قاحل, خال, بور, مهدم, مهمل, ضائع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮בזבז, איבד, כילה, דלדל, החריב‬
v. intr. - ‮הידלדל, שמם, התבזבז, ירד לטמיון, כלה‬
adj. - ‮מיותר, חסר-שימוש, נטוש, שומם (איזור), הרוס, פגום, של פסולת, שיכור או מסומם‬
n. - ‮בזבוז, איבוד, שממה, מדבר, שטח חדגוני, פסולת, אשפה, הזנחה, אי-ניצול‬

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