waste
Definitions
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
Verb
- Spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- Use inefficiently or inappropriately
- Get rid 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
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "waste".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waste | 1 | 35 |
| 2 | wasted | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | wasteful | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | wastes | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | wasteland | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | wastebasket | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | wastewater | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | allwaste | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | waste's | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | wastebaskets | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | wastefulness | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | wastepaper | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | waster | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | wasters | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "waste".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "waste".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "waste" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "waste" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thought | 1 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "waste".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waste's | 1 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 15
Fragments: 14
Sound Alikes: 12
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
Half of food waste trapped inside Boyle Heights warehouse cleared out, Lineage Logistics says
Jul 25, 2026 NBC Los Angeles
Jul 25, 2026 NBC Los Angeles
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Waste Management pays $379M for landfill site as Miami-Dade’s own facility search stalls
Jul 24, 2026 The Real Deal
Jul 24, 2026 The Real Deal
Smoking waste is 1 in 4 items on US beaches, Surfrider Foundation says
Jul 24, 2026 fox5sandiego.com
Jul 24, 2026 fox5sandiego.com
Burying hot radioactive waste in ‘boreholes’ mentioned in plan for SC nuclear campus
Jul 23, 2026 The State
Jul 23, 2026 The State

