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waste
Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
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adjective
Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
“A desert island”
noun
Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
“They collect the waste once a week”
noun
Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
“If the effort brings no compensating gain, it is a waste”
noun
The trait of wasting resources
“A life characterized by thriftlessness and waste”
noun
An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
“The barrens of central Africa”
noun
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
verb
Spend thoughtlessly; throw away
“He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends”
verb
Use inefficiently or inappropriately
“Waste heat”
verb
Run off as waste
“The water wastes back into the ocean”
verb
Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
“The mafia liquidated the informer”
verb
Spend extravagantly
“Waste not, want not”
verb
Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
“After her husband died, she just pined away”
verb
Cause to grow thin or weak
“The treatment emaciated him”
verb
Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
“The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion”
verb
Become physically weaker
“Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world”
verb
Dispose of
“Get rid of these old shoes!”
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A desert island
A godforsaken wilderness crossroads
A wild stretch of land
Waste places
They collect the waste once a week
Much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers
If the effort brings no compensating gain, it is a waste
Mindless dissipation of natural resources
A life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
The wastefulness of missed opportunities
The barrens of central Africa
The trackless wastes of the desert
He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
You squandered the opportunity to get an advanced degree
Waste heat
Waste a joke on an unappreciative audience
The water wastes back into the ocean
The mafia liquidated the informer
The double agent was neutralized
Waste not, want not
After her husband died, she just pined away
The treatment emaciated him
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world
Get rid of these old shoes!
The company got rid of all the dead wood
We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
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