Text: 1 an instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint<it seems like a waste to spend my entire paycheck on a bigger TV>Synonymsextravagance, prodigalityRelated Wordsindulgence, luxury, splurge; loss, wastage; generosity, liberality, openhandedness, profligacy; improvidence, shortsightedness; overindulgence, self-indulgence; excess, immoderacy, overkill; carelessness, heedlessness, imprudence, incautiousness; recklessnessNear Antonymsnecessity; economizing, economy, frugality, saving, scrimping, skimping; austerity, moderation, restraint, temperance, temperateness 2 discarded or useless material<gathered up the waste when he was finished sewing>— see garbage 3 land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops<an area that was a barren waste after the strip-mining had ended>— see wasteland 4 solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal<a local ordinance requiring dog owners to properly dispose of their petʼs waste>— see dropping 1

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