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  • 21waste — 1 /weIst/ noun 1 BAD USE (singular, uncountable) things such as money or skills that should be used and are not, or that are not used effectively: waste in government departments (+ of): Being unemployed is such a waste of your talents. 2 be a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22waste*/*/ — [weɪst] noun I 1) [singular/U] the failure to use something that is valuable or useful in an effective way All this uneaten food – what a waste![/ex] It s a waste of time trying to get her to change her mind.[/ex] The cherries will just go to… …

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  • 23waste — verb 1》 use carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.     ↘(usu. be wasted on) expend on an unappreciative recipient: small talk was wasted on him.     ↘fail to make full or good use of. 2》 (often waste away) become progressively weaker and… …

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  • 24waste — I. v. a. 1. Decrease, diminish, wear, corrode, use up, prey upon, wear away, consume, wear out, impair gradually, diminish by constant loss. 2. Consume (foolishly), spend, expend, squander, dissipate, lose, misspend, misuse, fool away, fritter… …

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  • 25waste n — waist n, waste away phr v …

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  • 26waste — [n1] spending, use without thought decay, desolation, destruction, devastation, dilapidation, dissipation, disuse, exhaustion, expenditure, extravagance, fritter*, havoc, improvidence, lavishness, loss, lost opportunity*, misapplication, misuse,… …

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  • 27waste — [wāst] vt. wasted, wasting [ME wasten < NormFr waster < L vastare, to lay waste, devastate (< vastus: see VAST): infl. by Gmc * wostjan > OHG wuosten] 1. to destroy; devastate; ruin 2. to wear away; consume gradually; use up 3. to… …

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  • 28waste — n 1 Waste, desert, badlands, wilderness can mean a tract or region of land not usable for cultivation or general habitation. Waste is the general term applicable to a tract or region which because of natural features (as poor stony soil,… …

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  • 29Waste minimisation — is the process and the policy of reducing the amount of waste produced by a person or a society. It is part of the wider aim of waste reduction which is often described as a component of the waste hierarchy. In the waste hierarchy, the most… …

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  • 30waste — wāst n 1) loss through breaking down of bodily tissue 2) wastes pl bodily waste materials: EXCREMENT waste vb, wast·ed; wast·ing vt to cause to shrink in physical bulk or strength …

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