Sekirov Dictionary

waste

/ˈweɪ̯st/

noun15

  1. a careless use of money, time or other things that brings no good result
  2. Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
  3. Excrement or urine.
  4. A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
  5. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
  6. A large tract of uncultivated land.
  7. A vast expanse of water.
  8. (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
  9. Gradual loss or decay.
  10. A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
  11. (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
  12. Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
  13. 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.
  14. A disused mine or part of one.
  15. Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.

verb7

  1. To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
  2. To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
  3. To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
  4. To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
  5. (slang) To kill; to murder.
  6. To devastate; to destroy.
  7. To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.

adjective7

  1. Barren; desert; empty.
  2. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
  3. Superfluous; needless.
  4. (slang, disapproving) Useless and contemptible.
  5. Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
  6. Unfortunate; disappointing.
  7. (no longer used) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
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