useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources";
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect;
the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities";
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert";
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers";
waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world";
devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion";
cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him";
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away";
spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not";
use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience";
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized";
run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean";
get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer";
spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree";
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places";
