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Words with a similar base: lay_waste_to, permissive_waste, waste, waste_material, waste_matter, waste_product, wastefulness, wasteland

'waste'

[waste.n.01] as in: any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

Examples:
they collect the waste once a week
much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers

'waste'

[waste.n.02] as in: useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

Examples:
if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste
mindless dissipation of natural resources

'waste'

[thriftlessness.n.01] as in: the trait of wasting resources

Examples:
a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
the wastefulness of missed opportunities

'waste'

[barren.n.01] as in: an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

Examples:
the barrens of central Africa
the trackless wastes of the desert

'waste'

[waste.n.05] as in: (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

'waste'

[waste.v.01] as in: spend thoughtlessly; throw away

Examples:
He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree

'waste'

[waste.v.02] as in: use inefficiently or inappropriately

Examples:
waste heat
waste a joke on an unappreciative audience

'waste'

[waste.v.03] as in: get rid of

Examples:
We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer

'waste'

[waste.v.04] as in: run off as waste

Examples:
The water wastes back into the ocean

'waste'

[neutralize.v.04] as in: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

Examples:
The mafia liquidated the informer
the double agent was neutralized

'waste'

[consume.v.03] as in: spend extravagantly

Examples:
waste not, want not

'waste'

[pine_away.v.01] as in: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

Examples:
After her husband died, she just pined away

'waste'

[waste.v.08] as in: cause to grow thin or weak

Examples:
The treatment emaciated him

'waste'

[lay_waste_to.v.01] as in: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

Examples:
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

'waste'

[waste.v.10] as in: become physically weaker

Examples:
Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world

'waste'

[godforsaken.s.01] as in: located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

Examples:
a desert island
a godforsaken wilderness crossroads
a wild stretch of land
waste places

Origins

					waste (English)
├── waste (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── wasten (Middle English (1100-1500))