Waste vs. Wastage

Wastenoun

Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.

Wastenoun

Excrement or urine.

Wastenoun

A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.

Wastenoun

A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.

Wastenoun

A large tract of uncultivated land.

Wastenoun

(historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.

Wastenoun

A vast expanse of water.

Wastenoun

A disused mine or part of one.

Wastenoun

The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.

Wastenoun

Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.

Wastenoun

Gradual loss or decay.

Wastenoun

A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.

Wastenoun

(rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste"

Wastenoun

(legal) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.

Wastenoun

(geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.

Wasteadjective

Uncultivated, uninhabited.

Wasteadjective

Barren; desert.

Wasteadjective

Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.

Wasteadjective

Superfluous; needless.

Wasteadjective

Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

Wasteadjective

Unfortunate; disappointing. en

Wasteverb

(transitive) to devastate, destroy

Wasteverb

(transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.

Wasteverb

To kill; to murder.

Wasteverb

(transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.

Wasteverb

(intransitive) Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.

Wasteverb

(intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.

Wasteverb

(legal) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.

Wasteadjective

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

Wasteadjective

Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper.

Wasteadjective

Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous.

Wasteverb

To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.

Wasteverb

To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.

Wasteverb

To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.

Wasteverb

To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay.

Wasteverb

To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less; - commonly used with away.

Wasteverb

To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; - said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc.

Wastenoun

The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc.

Wastenoun

That which is wasted or desolate; a devastated, uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted region; an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a wilderness.

Wastenoun

That which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc.

Wastenoun

Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder.

Wastenoun

Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse.

Wastenoun

Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.

Wastenoun

any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted;

Wastenoun

useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly;

Wastenoun

the trait of wasting resources;

Wastenoun

an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;

Wastenoun

(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

Wasteverb

spend thoughtlessly; throw away;

Wasteverb

use inefficiently or inappropriately;

Wasteverb

get rid of;

Wasteverb

run off as waste;

Wasteverb

get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing;

Wasteverb

spend extravagantly;

Wasteverb

lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief;

Wasteverb

cause to grow thin or weak;

Wasteverb

devastate or ravage;

Wasteverb

waste away;

Wasteadjective

disposed of as useless;

Wasteadjective

located in a dismal or remote area; desolate;

Wasteverb

use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose

Wasteverb

expend on an unappreciative recipient

Wasteverb

fail to make full or good use of

Wasteverb

deliberately dispose of (surplus stock)

Wasteverb

(of a person or a part of the body) become progressively weaker and more emaciated

Wasteverb

make progressively weaker and more emaciated

Wasteverb

devastate or ruin (a place)

Wasteverb

kill or severely injure (someone)

Wasteverb

(of time) pass away

Wasteadjective

(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process

Wasteadjective

(of an area of land, typically an urban one) not used, cultivated, or built on

Wastenoun

an act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose

Wastenoun

the gradual loss or diminution of something

Wastenoun

unwanted or unusable material, substances, or by-products

Wastenoun

a large area of barren, typically uninhabited land

Wastenoun

damage to an estate caused by an act or by neglect, especially by a life tenant.

Waste

Waste (or wastes) are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance which is discarded after primary use, or is worthless, defective and of no use.

Wastagenoun

(uncountable) The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process.

Wastagenoun

(uncountable) The periodical turnover of personnel in an organisation by death, retirement or resignation, as perceived by those aspiring to promotion or appointment in the organisation.

Wastagenoun

(countable) Anything lost by wear or waste.

Wastagenoun

(uncountable) Goods that are damaged, out of date, reduced, or generally unsaleable, which are destined to be thrown away and which are written off as a loss.

Wastagenoun

The act of abandoning animal carcasses or parts, usually illegal.

Wastagenoun

Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste.

Wastagenoun

the process of wasting

Wastagenoun

anything lost by wear or waste