waste

waste (http://definr.com/waste)

     adj 1: disposed of as useless; "waste paper" [syn: cast-off(a), discarded,
             junked, scrap(a)]
     2: located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert
        island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild
        stretch of land"; "waste places" [syn: desert, godforsaken,
         wild]
     n 1: any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted;
          "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste
          material is carried off in the sewers" [syn: {waste
          material}, waste matter, waste product]
     2: useless or profitless activity; using or expending or
        consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly: "if the effort
        brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless
        dissipation of natural resources" [syn: wastefulness, dissipation]
     3: the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by
        thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed
        opportunities" [syn: thriftlessness, wastefulness]
     4: an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;
        "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of
        the desert" [syn: barren, wasteland]
     5: (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or
        neglect [syn: permissive waste]
     v 1: spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance
          on his insincere friends" [syn: blow, squander]
          [ant: conserve]
     2: use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a
        joke on an unappreciative audience"
     3: get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into
        the sewer"
     4: run off as waste: "The water wastes back into the ocean"
        [syn: run off]
     5: get rid of; kill; "The mafia liquidated the informer" [syn:
        liquidate, knock off, do in]
     6: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: consume,
        squander, ware]
     7: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her
        husband died, she just pined away" [syn: pine away, languish]
     8: cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
        [syn: emaciate, macerate]
     9: devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside
        after the invasion" [syn: lay waste to, devastate, desolate,
         ravage]
     10: waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many
         prisons all over the world" [syn: rot]