waste

1a (1) :  being wild and uninhabited :  desolate (2) :  arid, emptyb :  not cultivated :  not productive

2 :  being in a ruined or devastated condition

3 [¹waste] a :  discarded as worthless, defective, or of no use :  refuse waste materialb :  excreted from or stored in inert form in a living body as a by-product of vital activity waste products

4 [¹waste] :  serving to conduct or hold refuse material a waste barrel; specifically :  carrying off superfluous water a waste drain

5 :  wasted 4

1 :  the action of spending or using carelessly or uselessly :  the state of being spent or used carelessly or uselessly a waste of time

2 :  material left over or thrown away

3 :  material (as carbon dioxide in the lungs or urine in the kidneys) produced in and of no further use to the living body

4 :  a large area of barren land :  wasteland

1 :  to spend or use carelessly or uselessly

2 :  to lose or cause to lose weight, strength, or energy His muscles were wasting away from lack of use.

3 :  to bring to ruin

1 :  being wild and without people or crops :  barren waste areas

2 :  of no further use Some waste materials can be recycled.

1:  loss through breaking down of bodily tissue

2wastes plural :  bodily waste materials :  excrement

:  excreted from or stored in inert form in a living body as a by-product of vital activity waste products

1 :  destruction of or damage to property that is caused by the act or omission of one (as a lessee, mortgagor, or life tenant) having a lesser estate and is usually to the injury of another (as an heir, mortgagee, or remainderman) with an interest in the same property an action for waste ameliorating waste \ə-ˈmēl-yə-ˌrā-tiŋ-\ :  waste that leads to improvement of property (as by clearing the way for rebuilding something) —called also ameliorative waste permissive waste :  waste caused by the failure of a tenant to take ordinary or proper care of the property voluntary waste :  waste caused by the intentional commission of a destructive act by a tenant

2 :  a reduction of the value of assets (as in a trust) caused by a failure to exercise proper care or sound judgment in managing them; especially :  a transfer of corporate assets (as through excessive executive compensation or a merger) for no legitimate business purpose or for less than what a person of ordinary sound business judgment would consider to be adequate consideration the essence of a claim of waste of corporate assets is the diversion of corporate assets for improper or unnecessary purposes — Michelson v. Duncan, 407 A.2d 211 (1979)