'waste' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'waste' with 20 example sentences.

waste adjective

: located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

waste noun

: any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

: useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

: the trait of wasting resources

: an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

: (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

waste verb

: spend thoughtlessly; throw away

: use inefficiently or inappropriately

: dispose of

: run off as waste

: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

: spend extravagantly

: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

: cause to grow thin or weak

: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

: become physically weaker

Helping others is never a waste of time.

Why don't we stop wasting time?

She's wasting her time.

Learning a foreign language is a waste of time.

Don't waste your time.

It's a waste of time and money.

Please don't waste water.

I don't want to waste my money.

Don't waste your time thinking about it anymore.

Social media is a waste of time.

Stop wasting time and get back to work.

I think watching TV is a waste of time.

There was a strange, foul-smelling brown liquid in the waste basket.

All the hard work was wasted.

Don't waste your time on that pipe dream.

Let's not waste this chance.

Some people think of reading as a waste of time.

Let us not waste our time in idle discourse!

You're wasting your time trying to convince him.

Don't waste your time in a dead-end relationship.

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