waste
Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable productsExcess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
» We waste a lot of time.
Wir verschwenden eine Menge Zeit.
Мы тратим кучу времени.
Ми багато часу марнуємо.
Ми марнуємо багато часу.
Meaning
15 senses(countable, uncountable)Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
Müll, Abfall, Ausschuss
отхо́дыotxódy, отбро́сыotbrósy
відхо́диvidxódy, уті́льutílʹ, сміття́smittjá
(countable, uncountable)Excrement or urine.
The cage was littered with animal waste.
Exkrement
(countable, uncountable)A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
Einöde
пу́стошьpústošʹ
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
(countable, uncountable)A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
Saustall [vulgär]
(countable, uncountable)A large tract of uncultivated land.
(countable, historical, uncountable)The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
(countable, uncountable)A vast expanse of water.
Wasserwüste
(countable, uncountable)A disused mine or part of one.
aufgegebene Mine
(countable, uncountable)The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
That was a waste of time!
Her life seemed a waste.
Verschwendung, Vergeudung
растра́таrastráta, тра́таtráta
(countable, uncountable)Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
Riesenhaufen
(countable, uncountable)Gradual loss or decay.
Verfall, Degeneration
(countable, uncountable)A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
Verfall
Examples
1641 sentencesWe waste a lot of time.
Ми багато часу марнуємо.
ruМы тратим кучу времени.
deWir verschwenden eine Menge Zeit.
Don't waste your time and money.
Не марнуй свій час та гроші.
ruНе трать понапрасну время и деньги.
deVerschwende nicht deine Zeit und dein Geld.
We have no time to waste.
Ми не можемо марнувати часу.
ruНам нельзя терять времени.
deWir haben keine Zeit zu verlieren.
This is a waste of time.
Це марнування часу.
ruЭто потеря времени.
deDas ist doch Zeitverschwendung.
It's a big waste of time.
Це грандіозне марнування часу.
ruЭто громадная потеря времени.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
By meaning 11
Origin
From Middle English wast, waste (“a waste”, noun), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern FrenchFrom Middle English wast, waste (“a waste”, noun), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wast, waste (“a waste”), from Frankish *wōstī (“a waste”), from Proto-Germanic *wōstaz, *wōstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty, wasted”). Displaced native Middle English wernen (“to refuse”) likely due to the similar sounding Middle English warnen
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Forms
plural: wastesSynonyms
9 synonyms- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly:wastefulnessdissipation
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect:permissive waste
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted:waste materialwaste matterwaste product
- the trait of wasting resources:thriftlessnesswastefulness
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation:barrenwasteland
Word family
28 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- B2The environment and climate — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- waste of time
- a waste of
- be a waste
- wasting my time
- waste your time
- wasting time
- waste his time
- wasting our time
- let's not waste
- not to waste
- wasted a lot
- waste her time