waste
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/weɪst/
🇬🇧
/weɪst/
noun
B1
Using something carelessly so it is lost or destroyed
Leaving the lights on all day is a waste of electricity.
B1
Not worth spending time or money on something
Watching that movie was a waste of time.
B1
Things that are thrown away because they are not needed
We need to reduce the amount of waste we produce.
R
Solid or liquid material that the body gets rid of
Animal waste can be used as fertilizer for plants.
R
A large empty area with few people, animals, or plants
The desert is a vast waste of sand and rock.
verb
B1
To use more of something than needed
Don't waste water by leaving the tap running.
B2
To not use something well or fully
He wasted his talent by not practicing enough.
R
To give something good where it is not valued
Her advice was wasted on him because he didn't listen.
R
To get rid of someone by killing them
The gang wasted their rival in a fight.
R
To defeat someone very badly in a game
Our team wasted the opponents in the final match.
adjective
B1
No longer needed and thrown away
The factory dumps its waste water into the river.
B1
Not suitable for building or growing things
They built a house on waste land outside the city.
translation
Using something carelessly so it is lost or destroyed; Not worth spending time or money on something; Things that are thrown away because they are not needed; Solid or liquid material that the body gets rid of; A large empty area with few people, animals, or plants
To use more of something than needed; To not use something well or fully; To give something good where it is not valued; To get rid of someone by killing them; To defeat someone very badly in a game
No longer needed and thrown away; Not suitable for building or growing things
Word Forms
3rd Present
wastes
Progressive
wasting
Past
wasted
Perfect
wasted
Plural
wastes