Related Words for wastage

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waste
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Noun, Noun
inefficiency
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Noun
spoilage
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Noun
spillage
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Noun
unnecessary
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Adjective
expenditure
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Noun
minimise
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Verb
mismanagement
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Noun
excessive
x/x
Adjective
excess
/x
Noun
duplication
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Noun
avoidable
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Adjective
manpower
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Noun
shrinkage
/x
Noun
reduction
x/x
Noun
shortage
/x
Noun
leakage
/x
Noun
cost
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Noun
extravagance
x/xx
Noun
expense
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Noun
degradation
xx/x
Noun
misuse
x/
Noun
pollution
x/x
Noun
amount
x/
Noun
unneeded
x/x
Adjective
undue
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Adjective
corruption
x/x
Noun
contamination
xxx/x
Noun
hassle
/x
Noun
breakage
/x
Noun
needless
/x
Adjective
rubbish
/x
Noun
bloat
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Noun
aggravation
xx/x
Noun
consumption
x/x
Noun
outlay
/x
Noun
scarcity
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Noun
overruns
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Noun
squandering
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Noun
save
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Verb, Noun
inconvenience
xx/x
Noun
adulteration
xxx/x
Noun
extraneous
x/xx
Adjective
surplus
/x
Noun
quantity
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Noun
reduce
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Verb
hoarding
/x
Noun
depletion
x/x
Noun
bottlenecks
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Noun
profiteering
xx/x
Noun
embarrassment
x/xx
Noun
money
/x
Noun
minimal
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Adjective
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
loss
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Noun
stress
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Noun
bulk
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Noun
disruption
x/x
Noun
energy
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Noun
overheads
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Noun
minimize
/xx
Verb
obsolescence
xx/x
Noun
degeneration
xxx/x
Noun
futility
x/xx
Noun
wilderness
/xx
Noun
impropriety
xx/xx
Noun
imperfection
xx/x
Noun
ruination
/x/x
Noun
imprudence
x/x
Noun
dissipation
xx/x
Noun
superfluity
/x/xx
Noun
instability
xx/xx
Noun
storage
/x
Noun
dereliction
xx/x
Noun
wantonness
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Noun
depreciation
xxx/x
Noun
vastness
/x
Noun
inaccuracy
x/xxx
Noun
uselessness
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Noun
disproportion
xx/x
Noun
boredom
/x
Noun
vagueness
/x
Noun
unpredictability
xxxx/xx
Noun
tardiness
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Noun
externality
x/xxx
Noun
exhaustion
x/x
Noun
preclusion
x/x
Noun
deprivation
xx/x
Noun
depravity
x/xx
Noun
unemployment
xx/x
Noun
uncleanness
x/x
Noun
nastiness
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Noun
impurity
x/xx
Noun
stagnation
x/x
Noun
foetal
/x
Adjective
cytogenetics
/xx/x
Noun
fetal
/x
Adjective
colossal
x/x
Adjective
gametes
x/
Noun
daring
/x
Verb
resource
/x
Verb
infertility
xx/xx
Noun
appalling
x/x
Adjective
talent
/x
Noun
perinatal
/x/x
Adjective
redundancy
x/xx
Noun
allowance
x/x
Noun
semen
/x
Noun
reproductive
xx/x
Adjective
glaciers
/x
Noun
consequent
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Adjective
accumulation
xxx/x
Noun
attrition
x/x
Noun, Verb
burden
/x
Noun, Verb
departure
x/x
Noun
drain
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Verb, Noun
erosion
x/x
Noun
exertion
x/x
Noun
exodus
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Noun, Verb
extravagant
x/xx
Adjective
flight
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
hardship
/x
Noun, Verb
inflow
/x
Noun, Verb
litter
/x
Noun, Verb
losses
/x
Noun
lost
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Adjective
offal
/x
Noun
outflow
/x
Noun, Verb
overcrowding
/xxx
Noun
profligacy
/xxx
Noun
profligate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
quitting
/x
Noun
risk
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Noun, Verb
scrap
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Noun, Verb
seepage
/x
Noun
turnover
/xx
Noun, Adjective
die
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Verb, Noun
fall
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Verb, Noun
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
gloss
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Noun, Verb
get
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Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
pidgin
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Noun