All waste synonyms
waste
W w noun waste
- rummage β to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- slop β to spill or splash (liquid).
- sweepings β of wide range or scope.
- swill β liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
- offscourings β Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- spending β to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- misuse β wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- decay β When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
- desolation β Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness.
- destruction β Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- devastation β Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage.
- dilapidation β to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- dissipation β the act of dissipating.
- disuse β discontinuance of use or practice: Traditional customs are falling into disuse.
- exhaustion β A state of extreme physical or mental fatigue.
- expenditure β The action of spending funds.
- extravagance β Lack of restraint in spending money or use of resources.
- fritter β to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
- havoc β great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage.
- improvidence β not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
- lavishness β expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- loss β detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- misapplication β to make a wrong application or use of.
- overdoing β to do to excess; overindulge in: to overdo dieting.
- prodigality β the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.
- ravage β to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- squander β to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- wastage β loss by use, wear, decay, etc.
- wastefulness β given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
- thriftily β practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
- badlands β any deeply eroded barren area
- barren β A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
- bog β A bog is an area of land which is very wet and muddy.
- brush β A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
- bush β A bush is a large plant which is smaller than a tree and has a lot of branches.
- desert β A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- fen β low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- jungle β a novel (1906) by Upton Sinclair.
- marsh β Dame (Edith) Ngaio [nahy-oh] /ΛnaΙͺ oΚ/ (Show IPA), 1899β1982, New Zealand writer of detective novels.
- marshland β a region, area, or district characterized by marshes, swamps, bogs, or the like.
- moor β a Muslim of the mixed Berber and Arab people inhabiting NW Africa.
- quagmire β an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
- solitude β the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude.
- swamp β a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- tundra β one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- void β Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
- wasteland β land that is uncultivated or barren.
- wild β living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- wilderness β a wooded area in NE Virginia: several battles fought here in 1864 between armies of Grant and Lee.