waste

[weɪst]

Definition:
1. Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted.
2. To use more of something than is necessary or useful.
3. Not good use.

'waste' example sentence:

1. The waste paper is baled, then sent for recycling.
2. I hate unnecessary waste.
3. It's heartbreaking to see him wasting his life like this.
4. It seems a pity to waste this food.
5. You're wasting your time trying to explain it to him (= because he will not understand) .
6. There was a patch of waste land behind the church.
7. "It's a waste of time," he concluded.
8. I can't waste time on such frivolities.
9. The report is critical of the department's waste of resources.
10. I don't want to waste time on trivialities.
11. It makes me wild to see such waste.
12. Whole stretches of land were laid waste and depopulated.
13. I hate to see good food go to waste (= be thrown away) .
14. His parents really laid into him for wasting so much money.
15. In my view it was a waste of time.
16. You could waste your whole life on a pipe dream.
17. I resolved not to waste money on a hotel.
18. His death was a senseless waste of life.
19. Why waste money on clothes you don't need?
20. There has been a colossal waste of public money.
21. Personally I think it's a waste of time.
22. Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children.
23. Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal of waste.
24. Don't waste space by leaving a wide margin.
25. Don't waste your time being eaten up with envy.
26. They were appalled at the waste of recyclable material.
27. Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on waste ground.
28. She wasted no time in rejecting the offer (= she rejected it immediately) .
29. Promise me you will not waste your time.
30. There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them.
31. The project wasted a considerable amount of time and money.
32. All the well-meant, sincere advice is largely wasted on him.
33. As the waste materials decompose, they produce methane gas.
34. Her comments were not wasted on Chris (= he understood what she meant) .
35. The waste was dumped in the sea.
36. The packets are measured to reduce waste.
37. Too much toxic waste is being dumped at sea.
38. Up to 10 million tonnes of toxic wastes are produced every year in the UK.
39. These meetings are a complete waste of time.
40. To me, this seemed like a thorough waste of time.
41. It was too expensive, to say nothing of the time it wasted.
42. The problem is getting rid of nuclear waste.
43. Don't waste good money on that!
44. Attempts are being made to solve the problem of waste disposal.
45. It's a sin to waste taxpayers' money like that.
46. You're wasted as a sales manager─you should have been an actor.
47. I hate waste.
48. Many factories emptied their waste into the river.
49. It's a waste of time and energy.
50. What a waste of paper!
51. The river has been polluted with toxic waste from local factories.
52. The kids were playing on waste ground near the school.
53. This is a criminal waste of resources.
54. A solution to the problem of toxic waste is proving elusive.
55. The car was found on a piece of waste ground.
56. It's sinful to waste good food!
57. It was a wasted opportunity.
58. Waste water is pumped from the factory into a nearby river.
59. Don't waste your sympathy on him─he got what he deserved.
60. I consigned her letter to the waste basket.
61. It seems such a waste to throw good food away.
62. It's a crying shame to waste all that food.