Waste
noun
Useless or worthless material, substances, or by-products.
Industries should effectively manage their waste
Often appears as...
- waste management
- waste disposal
verb
Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
We can't afford to waste electricity
Often appears as...
- waste time
- waste money
noun
An act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
It's a waste of time to argue
Often appears as...
- waste of time
- waste of resources
noun
Uninhabited or uncultivated land.
A vast track of waste land
Often appears as...
- waste ground
- waste land
verb
Cause to feel shocked or stunned.
The tough loss wasted the whole team
Often appears as...
- waste effort
- waste energy
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Colloquial
noun
Useless or worthless material, substances, or by-products.
Industries should effectively manage their waste
Often appears as...
- waste management
- waste disposal
verb
Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
We can't afford to waste electricity
Often appears as...
- waste time
- waste money
noun
An act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
It's a waste of time to argue
Often appears as...
- waste of time
- waste of resources
noun
Uninhabited or uncultivated land.
A vast track of waste land
Often appears as...
- waste ground
- waste land
verb
Cause to feel shocked or stunned.
The tough loss wasted the whole team
Often appears as...
- waste effort
- waste energy
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Environmental concern
Waste is often linked with pollution and the need for recycling.
Reducing waste helps protect the environment.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative connotation
Waste implies something is not being used properly or is left over without a purpose.
Food waste is a serious issue.
Pro Tip 1/2Environmental concern
Waste is often linked with pollution and the need for recycling.
Reducing waste helps protect the environment.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative connotation
Waste implies something is not being used properly or is left over without a purpose.
Food waste is a serious issue.
Pro Tip 1/2Environmental concern
Waste is often linked with pollution and the need for recycling.
Reducing waste helps protect the environment.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative connotation
Waste implies something is not being used properly or is left over without a purpose.
Food waste is a serious issue.
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that I should go to college, I should become a professional person, that I had great potential and I was wasting my talent to do that." He said, "It was humiliating. It was in front of the whole class and I felt dreadful. But it's what I wanted, and as soon as I left school, I applied to the fire service and I was accepted.
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Can you solve the...
not wasting a single kiloliter of fuel. It also helps us to think symmetrically so they can make shorter trips in either direction while setting the professor up for a long unsupported stretch in the middle. Here's his solution. All three planes take off at noon flying west,
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What does the liver do?...
It also makes vitamin D and substances that help digestion. But one of its most vital products is bile. Like an eco-friendly treatment plant, the liver uses cells called hepatocytes to convert toxic waste products into this bitter greenish liquid.
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How does fracking work?...
and damaged infrastructure from pressure and waste water injection. Links between fracking and increased seismic activity leave unresolved questions about long-term pressure imbalances that might be happening deep beneath our feet.
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Sewer Diving PIPE National...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste rotting cadavers all flowing right beneath the sidewalk the sewers of
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The life cycle of a...
when released as toxic waste water in rivers and oceans. Technologies are now so advanced in some countries that the entire process of growing and producing fabric barely touches a human hand. But only up until this point.
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Army Ants Rampage...
A defence system of soldier ants ready to act at any sign of danger. A digestive system processing piles of food deep inside. Even a coordinated system for dealing with all the waste.
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Queen Ant Mating Season...
Nothing is wasted. Even a wing has some nutritional value. The rest of the workers take him into the nest. He has their support, at least for the time being. He's on probation.
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A message from the next...
and educated and please encourage the young people you know to start living their dreams as goalie as possible right now why should any of us waste a moment thank you so much
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
nothing is wasted even a wing has some nutritional value the rest of the workers take him into the nest he has their support at least for the time being he's on probation
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Bring on the learning...
that I should go to college, I should become a professional person, that I had great potential and I was wasting my talent to do that." He said, "It was humiliating. It was in front of the whole class and I felt dreadful. But it's what I wanted, and as soon as I left school, I applied to the fire service and I was accepted.
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Can you solve the...
not wasting a single kiloliter of fuel. It also helps us to think symmetrically so they can make shorter trips in either direction while setting the professor up for a long unsupported stretch in the middle. Here's his solution. All three planes take off at noon flying west,
Video examples
What does the liver do?...
It also makes vitamin D and substances that help digestion. But one of its most vital products is bile. Like an eco-friendly treatment plant, the liver uses cells called hepatocytes to convert toxic waste products into this bitter greenish liquid.
Video examples
How does fracking work?...
and damaged infrastructure from pressure and waste water injection. Links between fracking and increased seismic activity leave unresolved questions about long-term pressure imbalances that might be happening deep beneath our feet.
Video examples
Sewer Diving PIPE National...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste rotting cadavers all flowing right beneath the sidewalk the sewers of
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
when released as toxic waste water in rivers and oceans. Technologies are now so advanced in some countries that the entire process of growing and producing fabric barely touches a human hand. But only up until this point.
Video examples
Army Ants Rampage...
A defence system of soldier ants ready to act at any sign of danger. A digestive system processing piles of food deep inside. Even a coordinated system for dealing with all the waste.
Video examples
Queen Ant Mating Season...
Nothing is wasted. Even a wing has some nutritional value. The rest of the workers take him into the nest. He has their support, at least for the time being. He's on probation.
Video examples
A message from the next...
and educated and please encourage the young people you know to start living their dreams as goalie as possible right now why should any of us waste a moment thank you so much
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
nothing is wasted even a wing has some nutritional value the rest of the workers take him into the nest he has their support at least for the time being he's on probation
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Quote examples
Drew Barrymore
American Actress
You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt the cards that you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself.
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Robert Baden-Powell
English Soldier
Try and leave this world a little better than you found it, and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate, you have not wasted your time but have done your best.
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Kurt Cobain
American Singer
Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.
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John Ruskin
English Writer
Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.
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Charles Darwin
English Scientist
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
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Bruce Lee
American Actor
If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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Aesop
Greek Author
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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Douglas Adams
English Writer
Life is wasted on the living.
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Drew Barrymore
American Actress
You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt the cards that you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself.
Quote examples
Robert Baden-Powell
English Soldier
Try and leave this world a little better than you found it, and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate, you have not wasted your time but have done your best.
Quote examples
Kurt Cobain
American Singer
Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.
Quote examples
John Ruskin
English Writer
Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.
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Charles Darwin
English Scientist
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
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Bruce Lee
American Actor
If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
Quote examples
Aesop
Greek Author
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Quote examples
Douglas Adams
English Writer
Life is wasted on the living.
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