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waste noun

  /weɪst/
  • The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
Verschwendung, Vergeudung
  • Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
Abfall, Müll, Ausschuss
  • Gradual loss or decay.
Verfall
  • A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
Einöde
  • Excrement or urine.
Exkrement

waste verb

  /weɪst/
  • (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
verschwenden, verfallen, töten, verwüsten

waste adjective

  /weɪst/
  • Barren; desert; empty.
wüst, öde
  • Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
  • Superfluous; needless.
überflüssig

wasteful adjective

  /ˈweɪstfəl/
  • Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
verschwenderisch

wasted adjective

  /ˈweɪstɪd/
  • Not profitably used.
vertan

wastefulness

Verschwendung

wastefulness noun

  • imprudent or excessive expenditure or the waste of resources
die Verschwendung
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