Definition of Waste
Waste
waste
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
to use something excessively or poorly or to spend it carelessly, often for no particular reason;
e.g. We have a limited amount of medicine, so don't waste it.
(verb)
to become more emaciated, withered, and weak over time, often due to disease or age;
e.g. The disease causes the muscles in the body to waste away.
(verb)
(literary) to be spent or to pass away;
e.g. Your time will waste away if you do not make a decision quickly.
(adjective)
no longer required or useful at the end of a process and thus discarded or eliminated, or generally not used;
e.g. The factory treats its waste water before releasing it into the river. This plot of waste land used to be a playground.
(noun)
the byproducts or remains of some process or action that are unusable and therefore unwanted;
e.g. The city has improved its facilities for managing its waste responsibly.
(noun)
the action of spending or using something excessively or carelessly and often for no particular purpose, or an instance of this;
e.g. It would be a waste of my effort to try to change his mind. Her waste of good food saddened them greatly.
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