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      wastes
      noun
      Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
      The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
      A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
      Excrement or urine.
      A large tract of uncultivated land.
      A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
      A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
      (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
      (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
      A disused mine or part of one.
      A vast expanse of water.
      Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
      Gradual loss or decay.
      (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
      (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
      verb
      (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
      (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
      (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
      (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
      (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
      (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
      (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
      adjective
      Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
      Superfluous; needless.
      Barren; desert; empty.
      Unfortunate; disappointing.
      (MTE, slang, derogatory) Useless and contemptible.
      Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
      (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
      Roots
      vastuswast- · Latin · empty, desolate
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