Waste
//weɪst//
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The word "waste" can be used as noun, verb, adjective and adjective.
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a mind is a terrible thing to waste agrowaste ameliorative waste bulky waste cotton waste e-waste food waste disposer get wasted go to waste great haste makes great waste green waste haste makes waste industrial waste lay waste lie waste never waste a crisis nonwasted nonwasting nuclear waste permissive waste radioactive waste residual waste rock waste run to waste silk waste soda waste time's a-wasting time-waste toxic waste trade waste unwasted voluntary waste wastage waste away waste bin waste breath waste disposal waste disposal unit waste fellow waste gate waste good waste land waste no time waste of air waste of breath waste of existence waste of oxygen waste of skin waste of space waste of time waste paper waste picker waste pipe waste product waste sorting waste time waste tray waste water waste yute waste-good waste-ridden waste-time wasteful wastefully wastefulness wasteland wasteless wasteman wasteness waster wastery wastethrift wastewater wastewater wastey wasteyute wastingly wastrel wasty wide-wasting youth is wasted on the young
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act act activity apply consume course debilitate deed degenerate deplete destroy deteriorate devolve drain drop eat eat up employ enfeeble exhaust expend feed flow human action human activity improvidence kill material move ruin run run through shortsightedness spend stuff use use up utilise utilize weaken wild wilderness wipe out
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abundance atrophy bad bad smelling bad thing bad use basket being being greedy bin body body excrement by product byproduct cans cause of action contrary damaged debris decay desert desolate destroy destruction detritus devastate devastation dirty discard discarded discarded stuff disposable disposal disuse down down drain down toilet drain dump dumps dung excess excessive excessive use excrement excrete excretion expanse extra extravagant fecal fecal matter fills flush frail future interest garbage garbage cans garbage dumps garbage leftover garbage product garbage refuse garbage rubbish garbage trash generally generic greedy hazardous human human byproduct human excretion human remains idly in basket in garbage ineffectual inefficiency inefficient inefficient usage jettisoned junk junk trash land land fills landfill landfills lay waste left left over left overs leftover leftovers like like garbage like rubbish like trash litter loosing lose loss material matter maybe mine much natural disaster not nothing nuclear nuclear byproduct nuclear leftover nuclear leftovers out over overs paper paper basket pollution poop product production property radioactive radioactive maybe recklessly recycling refuse region remains rubbish rubbish garbage rubbish generally rubbish material rubbish tip rubbish trash ruins rush secretion septic septic tank sewage sewage trash sewer sewers smell smelling solid something disposal spend spoilage squander stink stuff tank throw throw away throwing throwing away thrown thrown away thrown out time tip toilet too too much toxic toxic garbage toxic what tract trash trash garbage trash refuse trash rubbish trash sewage uncultivated uninhabited unnecessary unnecessary byproduct unneeded unneeded refuse unsaleable unwanted unwanted discard unwanted excess unwise unwise usage urine usage use use recklessly useless uselessly want want not war weaken weight what wilderness yard
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