v. 1 squander, misuse, throw away, fritter away, misspend, splurge, dissipate, Slang blow Why I wasted so much time on him I'll never know Don't waste your money on such frivolities. 2 Often, waste away. diminish, deteriorate, dwindle, decline, decay, atrophy, wither, shrink, weaken, become debilitated, fade, become enervated or enfeebled, regress, ebb, sink She is just wasting away, and I am seriously worried that she may not recover 3 enervate, enfeeble, emaciate, gnaw, destroy, consume, debilitate, exhaust, disable Arkwright contracted a terrible wasting disease while in the tropics 4 assassinate, murder, kill, Slang put away, rub out, US ice Don't worry, Boss, we'll waste Andy and you won't have no more trouble
n. 5 misuse, misapplication, squandering, dissipation, misemployment, abuse, neglect What a terrible waste of talent to have such a person doing such lowly work! Do not let that genius go to waste 6 wasting, extravagance, prodigality, wastefulness, squandering, indulgence, lavishness, profligacy, dissoluteness, improvidence, overindulgence Government waste is one of our biggest problems 7 refuse, rubbish, garbage, dregs, debris, leavings, scrap, offscourings, sweepings, litter, Archaic orts, US and Canadian trash Techniques are being developed to process the waste in order to avoid using landfills, incineration, or dumping at sea 8 wasteland, desert, wilderness, barrens, wilds, emptiness, vastness Beyond that system were vast wastes of uninhabited space
adj. 9 extra, leftover, unused, superfluous, worthless, useless The waste food was usually fed to the animals 10 barren, unproductive, unusable, unsalvageable, useless, unrecyclable, unprofitable, worthless The waste products of manufacture are a big problem 11 lay waste. devastate, destroy, demolish, despoil, ruin, wreck, ravage, pillage, sack, plunder, loot, rob, strip, spoil, gut, ransack, wreak havoc (up)on, crush, raze, annihilate, eradicate, extirpate, wipe out These lands and cities, laid waste by the invaders, have never recovered