Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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waste | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
desolate | No | Yes | Yes | No |
waste (noun) | desolate (noun) |
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useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly | |
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect | |
the trait of wasting resources | |
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation | |
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted |
waste (adjective) | desolate (adjective) |
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located in a dismal or remote area; desolate | crushed by grief |
providing no shelter or sustenance |
waste (verb) | desolate (verb) |
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become physically weaker | reduce in population |
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |
cause to grow thin or weak | leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch |
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief | |
spend extravagantly | |
use inefficiently or inappropriately | |
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | |
run off as waste | |
spend thoughtlessly; throw away | |
dispose of |