I. noun
1.
an area of the earth unsuitable for cultivation or general habitation
the scattered dwellers of southern Africa's dry wastes
Synonyms: badland, barren, desert, wasteland, wild, wilderness, wild land, wildness
Related Word: brush, brushland, bush; jungle
2.
Synonyms: extravagance 2, extravagancy, lavishness, overdoing, prodigality, squander, unthrift, wastefulness
3.
Synonyms: refuse , debris, garbage, junk, kelter, litter, offal, rubbish, sweepings, trash
Related Word: rubble, rummage
II. verb
1.
Synonyms: ravage , depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, pillage, sack, spoliate
Idioms: reduce to a shambles
Antonyms: conserve
2.
to spend or expend freely and usually foolishly or futilely
wasted his inheritance on women and gambling
waste one's time on trifles
Synonyms: blow, blunder (away), cast away, consume, dissipate, dribble (away), drivel, fool (away), fritter, frivol away, muddle (away), ||piss away, potter (away), prodigalize, riot (away), squander, throw away, trifle (away)
Related Word: disburse, expend, spend; dispense, distribute; deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish; dispel, disperse, scatter; misspend
Idioms: let slip through one's fingers, pour down the drain, throw good money after bad
Antonyms: save; conserve