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(wāst) 
v., wast·ed, wast·ing, wastes. v.tr.
v., wast·ed, wast·ing, wastes. v.tr.
- To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
- To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble: Disease wasted his body.
- To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose: waste an opportunity.
- To destroy completely.
- Slang. To kill; murder.
- To lose energy, strength, weight, or vigor; become weak or enfeebled: wasting away from an illness.
- To pass without being put to use: Time is wasting.
- The act or an instance of wasting or the condition of being wasted: a waste of talent; gone to waste.
- A place, region, or land that is uninhabited or uncultivated; a desert or wilderness.
- A devastated or destroyed region, town, or building; a ruin.
- An unusable or unwanted substance or material, such as a waste product.
- Something, such as steam, that escapes without being used.
- Garbage; trash.
- The undigested residue of food eliminated from the body; excrement.
- Regarded or discarded as worthless or useless: waste trimmings.
- Used as a conveyance or container for refuse: a waste bin.
- Excreted from the body: waste matter.
waste (one's) breath
- 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.
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In general: unwanted result of a process, further called hazardous waste, nuclear waste, or solid waste.
Real estate: unauthorized use or neglect of property by a party with the right to possession when another party owns an interest in the property. The party may be a tenant, a mortgagor, or a life tenant.
| Wash Sale, Warranty of Merchantability, Warranty of Habitability | |
| Wasting Asset, Watch List, Water Damage Insurance |
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Often found in a mortgage or lease contract, or in a life 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.
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.
| Warranty of Habitability, Warranty Deed | |
| Wasting Asset, Water Table |
Roget's Thesaurus:
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waste
verb
- To use up foolishly or needlessly: consume, devour, dissipate, squander. See save/waste.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- To fail to take advantage of: lose, miss. Idioms: let slip, let slip through one's fingers, lose out on. See used/unused.
- To do away with completely and destructively: consume, devour, eat (up), swallow (up). See help/harm/harmless.
- To destroy completely as or as if by conquering: desolate, devastate, ravage. Idioms: lay waste. See help/harm/harmless.
- 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.
- 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
- Excessive or imprudent expenditure: extravagance, extravagancy, lavishness, prodigality, profligacy, profuseness, profusion, squander, wastefulness. See careful/careless, save/waste.
- A tract of unproductive land: badlands, barren (often used in plural), desert1, wasteland, wilderness. See rich/poor.
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Idioms beginning with waste:
waste away
waste not, want not
waste one's breath
See also go to waste; haste makes waste; lay waste.
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waste
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
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.
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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.
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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.
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IN BRIEF: Useless or profitless. Also: To spend thoughtlessly.
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.
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Quotes About:
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Quotes:
"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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verb trans.
verb trans., orig and mainly US
To beat up, kill, murder; to devastate. (1964 —) .
C. Weston They wasted Barrett because he blew their deal (1975).
verb trans., orig and mainly US
To beat up, kill, murder; to devastate. (1964 —) .
C. Weston They wasted Barrett because he blew their deal (1975).
| washed up, wash, wart | |
| wasted, watering hole, waterworks |
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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.
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categories related to 'waste'
- Economics and Economic Theory - waste: reckless or excessive spending, esp. on unnecessary things
- Foolishness, Bunkum, and Trifles
- Violent Actions - waste: devastate or totally demolish; Slang. murder
- Murder and Suicide - waste: (vb) Slang. murder
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This article is about waste (garbage). For other uses, see Waste (disambiguation).
"Garbage" redirects here. For the band, see Garbage (band). For other uses, see Garbage (disambiguation).
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Waste (also known as rubbish, trash, refuse, garbage, junk, and litter) is unwanted or useless materials.
Waste is linked to people development. Litter refers to waste disposed of improperly.
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Environment Programme According to the Basel Convention:
"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."[1]
Under the Waste Framework Directive (European Directive 75/442/EC as amended), the European Union defines waste as an object the holder discards, intends to discard or is required to discard.
Types
There are many waste types defined by modern systems of waste management, notably including:
- Municipal Waste includes Household waste, Commercial waste, and Demolition waste
- Hazardous Waste includes Industrial waste
- Bio-medical Waste includes Clinical waste
- Special Hazardous waste includes Radioactive waste, explosives waste, and Electronic waste (e-waste)
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.[2] 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.[3] For the same year, OECD estimated 4 billion tonnes from its member countries.[4] 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 attracts rodents and insects which harbour 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 for humans, other species, and ecosystems.[5] Waste treatment and disposal produces significant green house gas (GHG) emissions, notably methane, which are contributing significantly to global climate change.[3]
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 describe the opposition of residents to a proposal for a new development close to them.[6] 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.[7]
Economic costs
The economic costs of managing waste are high, and are often paid for by municipal governments.[8] 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.[9] 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 consists 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.[10]
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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- Environmental dumping
- Fly-tipping
- Life cycle assessment
- List of waste types
- Litter
- Recycling
- Waste by country
- Waste collection
- Waste collection vehicle
- Waste converter
- Waste management
References
- ^ “Glossary of Statistical Terms.” 2003. OECD. 12 October 2009. stats.oecd.org
- ^ "Solid Waste Management." 2005. United Nations Environment Programme. Chapter III: Waste Quantities and Characteristics, 31-38. unep.or.jp
- ^ a b “International Waste Activities.” 2003. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 12 Oct 2009. epa.gov
- ^ "Improving Recycling Markets." OECD Environment Program. Paris: OECD, 2006. oecd.org
- ^ Diaz, L. et al. Solid Waste Management, Volume 2. UNEP/Earthprint, 2006.
- ^ Wolsink, M. "Entanglement of interests and motives: Assumptions behind the NIMBY-theory on Facility Siting." Urban Studies 31.6 (1994): 851-866.
- ^ Ray, A. "Waste management in developing Asia: Can trade and cooperation help?" The Journal of Environment & Development 17.1 (2008): 3-25.
- ^ “Muck and brass: The waste business smells of money.” The Economist. 2009 02 28. pp. 10-12.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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- Waste at the Open Directory Project
- Resource Productivity and Waste at the OECD
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Translations:
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Waste
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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