Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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waste | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
wasting | Yes | No | No | No |
waste (noun) | wasting (noun) |
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useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly | a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse |
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect | any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease |
the trait of wasting resources | |
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation | |
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted |
waste (adjective) | wasting (adjective) |
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located in a dismal or remote area; desolate |
waste (verb) | wasting (verb) |
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become physically weaker | |
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | |
cause to grow thin or weak | |
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 |