Waste

"Waste" in Finnish

karu

(barren)

liiallinen

(excess)

liiallinen

(superfluous; needless)

liika

(excess)

liika

(superfluous; needless)

atropia

(decaying of the body by disease — see also atrophy)

autiomaa

(wasteland, desolate region)

erämaa

(wasteland, desolate region)

hylätty kaivos

(disused mine)

hävittäminen

(legal: cause of action against degrading the value or character of a property)

joutomaa

(wasteland, desolate region)

joutomaa

(large tract of uncultivated land)

joutomaa

(historical: unused part of the land of a manor)

jäte

(useless by-products, garbage)

jätös

(excrement or urine)

mereen päätyvä eroosioaines

(geology: material derived by erosion and carried to the sea)

rapautuminen

(gradual loss or decay)

rapistuminen

(gradual loss or decay)

tuhlaus

(action of wasting, ineffective use)

tuho

(destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disaster)

tuhoalue

(place that has been laid waste)

ulappa

(vast expanse of water)

ylijäämä

(large abundance of something)

ylimäärä

(large abundance of something)

hukata

(to decay)

hukata

(to squander)

kuihtua

(to weaken)

listiä

(slang: to kill)

tuhlata

(to decay)

tuhlata

(to squander)

tuhota

(to destroy — see also devastate, lay waste)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.