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synonyms for waste

  • misuse
  • decay
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • devastation
  • dilapidation
  • dissipation
  • disuse
  • exhaustion
  • expenditure
  • extravagance
  • fritter
  • havoc
  • improvidence
  • lavishness
  • loss
  • misapplication
  • overdoing
  • prodigality
  • ravage
  • ruin
  • squander
  • squandering
  • wastage
  • wastefulness
  • lost opportunity
  • unthriftiness
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On this page you'll find 365 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to waste, such as: misuse, decay, desolation, destruction, devastation, and dilapidation.

antonyms for waste

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  • building
  • construction
  • creation
  • development
  • growth
  • improvement
  • hoarding
  • possessions
  • saving
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How to use waste in a sentence

A lot of time and energy is wasted among analysts in debating how exactly to characterize skewed maps that result from residential segregation.
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Not surprisingly, the vast waste deposits produced during the Great Acceleration figure prominently in the search for a suitable stratigraphic section to place the GSSP that will mark the start of the Anthropocene.
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Some of the ones my other friend got were round, which wastes space.
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“If you don’t find out what the answer is, you’re kind of wasting your time,” he says.
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You do not have to waste your time on the same project again and use it on another channel or place to reach your target audience quickly and easily.
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Another approach is called the efficiency gap, which measures the difference in packing and cracking between parties by tallying “wasted” votes.
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You can waste so much time needlessly checking emails, when really what’s better is to triage them at the beginning and end of every day.
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It also contains caffeine to wake up your scalp and includes an applicator to ensure you don’t waste product.
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In 2015, an outbreak of parvovirus was thought to be responsible for a gastrointestinal wasting illness that affected hundreds of millions of starfish off America’s West Coast, many of which succumbed.
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No vote is wasted and no vote spoils the election for another candidate.
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WORDS RELATED TO WASTE

  • dissipate
  • exhaust
  • misemploy
  • mishandle
  • misuse
  • overburden
  • overtax
  • overwork
  • prostitute
  • spoil
  • squander
  • taint
  • waste
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