Synonyms for waste
33 synonyms found - words and phrases with similiar meaning. Definitionverb
- cause to grow thin or weak
- run off as waste
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- become physically weaker
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- spend extravagantly
- get rid of
- use inefficiently or inappropriately
adjective
- located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
noun
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- the trait of wasting resources
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted