waste (n):useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelesslySamplesif the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste.
mindless dissipation of natural resources Related Words: dissipation, fulness waste (n):(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect waste (n):the trait of wasting resourcesSamplesa life characterized by thriftlessness and waste.
the wastefulness of missed opportunities Related Words: thriftlessness, fulness waste (n):an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivationSamplesthe barrens of central Africa.
the trackless wastes of the desert Related Words: barren waste (v):get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killingSamplesThe mafia liquidated the informer.
the double agent was neutralized Related Word: liquidate waste (n):any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwantedSamplesthey collect the waste once a week.
much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers waste (v):become physically weakerSamplesPolitical prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world waste (v):cause extensive destruction or ruin utterlySamplesThe enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion Related Words: desolate, devastate, ravage, scourge waste (v):cause to grow thin or weakSamplesThe treatment emaciated him Related Words: emaciate, macerate waste (v):lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through griefSamplesAfter her husband died, she just pined away Related Words: languish waste (v):spend extravagantlySampleswaste not, want not Related Words: squander waste (v):use inefficiently or inappropriatelySampleswaste heat.
waste a joke on an unappreciative audience waste (v):get rid ofSamplesWe waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer waste (v):run off as wasteSamplesThe water wastes back into the ocean Related Words: run off waste (v):spend thoughtlessly; throw awaySamplesHe wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends.
You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree Related Words: squander waste (s):located in a dismal or remote area; desolateSamplesa desert island.
a godforsaken wilderness crossroads.
a wild stretch of land.
waste places Related Words: wild
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Man make houses, women make homes
Yuvayı dişi kuş yapar.
Men are often the ones who build or acquire houses for their families, but women provide the things that make a house into a home.
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