waste
Noun
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is a type of: material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical objectsubtypes:
- dross, impurity - worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
- exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes - gases ejected from an engine as waste products
- body waste, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
- crud, filth, skank - any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
- sewage, sewerage - waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
- effluent, sewer water, wastewater - water mixed with waste matter
- food waste, garbage, refuse, scraps - food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
- pollutant - waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
- rubbish, scrap, trash - worthless material that is to be disposed of
- slop - (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand
- toxic industrial waste, toxic waste - poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means)
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is a type of: activity - any specific behaviorsubtypes:
- boondoggle - work of little or no value done merely to look busy
- waste of effort, waste of energy - a useless effort
- waste of material - a useless consumption of material
- waste of money - money spent for inadequate return
- waste of time - the devotion of time to a useless activity
- extravagance, high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality - excessive spending
- squandering - spending resources lavishly and wastefully
same as: dissipation, wastefulness -
is a type of: improvidence, shortsightedness - a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resourcessame as: thriftlessness, wastefulness
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is a type of: wild, wilderness - a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
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referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authoritysame as: permissive waste
Adjective
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similar to: inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growthsame as: godforsaken, wild
Verb
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subtypes: burn - spend (significant amounts of money)verb group: blow - spend lavishly or wastefully on
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same as: run off
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is a type of: kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
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subtypes:
- drink, tope - drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
- dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot - spend frivolously and unwisely
- luxuriate, wanton - become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
- lavish, shower - expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
- overspend - spend at a high rate
- fling, splurge - indulge oneself
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is a type of: weaken - become weaker
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causes: emaciate - grow weak and thin or waste away physically
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subtypes: ruin - reduce to ruins
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same as: rot
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