wastefulness – Deutsch–English translations

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waste noun

  /ˈweɪ̯st/ , [ˈweɪ̯st]
  • action of wasting, ineffective use
 Verschwendung, Vergeudung
  • useless by-products, garbage
 Abfall, Müll, Ausschuss
  • legal: cause of action against degrading the value or character of a property
 Bergung, Rettung, Sicherung
  • gradual loss or decay
 Degeneration, Verfall
Einöde
  • excrement or urine
 Exkrement
  • geology: material derived by erosion and carried to the sea
 Geröll
  • large abundance of something
 Riesenhaufen (coll.)
  • place that has been laid waste
 Saustall [vulgär]
  • decaying of the body by disease
 Verfall
  • vast expanse of water
 Wasserwüste
  • disused mine
 aufgegebene Mine

waste verb

  /ˈweɪ̯st/ , [ˈweɪ̯st]
  • to squander
 verschwenden, vergeuden, vergeben, verschenken
  • slang: to kill
 kalt machen (Slang), töten
  • to weaken
 schwächen
  • to decay
 verfallen
  • to destroy
 verwüsten

waste adjective

  /ˈweɪ̯st/ , [ˈweɪ̯st]
  • superfluous; needless
 Schmutz-, verschmutzt, überflüssig
brach, wüst, öde
  • excess
 überflüssig

wasteful adjective

  /ˈweɪstfəl/
verschwenderisch

wastefulness

Verschwendung

wasted adjective

  /ˈweɪstɪd/
  • not profitably used
 vertan

wastefulness noun

  • excessive expenditure or the waste of resources
 die Verschwendung

wasting adjective

  /ˈweɪstɪŋ/
verheerend
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