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.

Use 'waste' in a 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.