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Wastes

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wastes"

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Word	Definition
squanderverb	(transitive) To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
emaciateverb	(transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
wastefulnessnoun	imprudent or excessive expenditure or the waste of resources
devastateverb	To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
ravagenoun	Grievous damage or havoc.
pine awayverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To mourn or grieve so intensely as to slowly decline in health, vitality or energy.
wildnoun	(chiefly in the plural) A wilderness.
languishverb	(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
rotnoun	The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
wastelandnoun	A place with no remaining resources; a desert.
desolateverb	Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
do inverb	(transitive, colloquial) To kill or end; to defeat.
godforsaken	(figurative, of a location) Desolate, boring and depressing.
thriftlessnessnoun	The property of being thriftless.
scrapnoun	(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
dissipationnoun	The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
cast-offnoun	Alternative form of castoff. [Something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject.]
blownoun	A strong wind.
run offverb	To flee or depart quickly.
useless	Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).