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waste noun

  /weɪst/
  • Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
 jäte
  • (legal) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
 atropia, hävittäminen
  • A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
 autiomaa, erämaa, joutomaa
  • A disused mine or part of one.
 hylätty kaivos
  • A large tract of uncultivated land.
  • (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
 joutomaa
  • Excrement or urine.
 jätös
  • (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
 mereen päätyvä eroosioaines
  • Gradual loss or decay.
 rapautuminen, rapistuminen
  • The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
 tuhlaus
  • (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
 tuho
  • A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
 tuhoalue
  • A vast expanse of water.
 ulappa
  • Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
 ylijäämä, ylimäärä

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.
 tuhlata, hukata, kuihtua, listiä, tuhota

waste adjective

  /weɪst/
  • Barren; desert; empty.
 karu
  • Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
  • Superfluous; needless.
 liiallinen, liika-

wasteful adjective

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

wasted adjective

  /ˈweɪstɪd/
  • Not profitably used.
 haaskattu, hukkaanheitetty
  • Ravaged or deteriorated.
 hävitetty
kännissä, pilvessä, umpikännissä
  • Emaciated and haggard.
 riutunut

wasting

tuhlaaminen
lay waste
hävittää
waste of time
ajanhukka
waste away
kuihtua, riutua
waste water
jätevesi
waste time
haaskata aikaa, hukata aikaa
radioactive waste
radioaktiivinen jäte, ydinjäte
haste makes waste
ei ole hoppu hyväksi, eikä kiire kunniaksi
waste sorting
jätteiden lajittelu
waste breath
puhua joutavia
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