Are you trying to hyphenate wastes? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted They collect the waste once a week Much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers |
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Useless or profitless activity Using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly If the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste Mindless dissipation of natural resources |
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The trait of wasting resources A life characterized by thriftlessness and waste The wastefulness of missed opportunities |
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An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation The barrens of central Africa The trackless wastes of the desert |
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(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect |
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Spend thoughtlessly Throw away He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree |
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Use inefficiently or inappropriately Waste heat Waste a joke on an unappreciative audience |
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Get rid of We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer |
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Run off as waste The water wastes back into the ocean |
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Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing The mafia liquidated the informer The double agent was neutralized |
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Spend extravagantly Waste not |
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Want not |
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Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief After her husband died |
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She just pined away |
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Cause to grow thin or weak The treatment emaciated him |
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Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion |
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Become physically weaker Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world |
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Located in a dismal or remote area Desolate A desert island A godforsaken wilderness crossroads A wild stretch of land Waste places |