Related Words for waste

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wasteland
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Noun, Noun
ravage
/x
Noun, Noun
consume
x/
Noun, Verb
devastate
/xx
Verb, Verb
squander
/x
Verb, Verb
languish
/x
Verb, Verb
rot
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Noun
scrap
/
Noun, Noun
wild
/
Noun, Noun
desolate
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dissipation
xx/x
Verb, Noun
liquidate
/xx
Noun, Verb
desert
/x
Verb, Noun
godforsaken
/x/x
Noun, Adjective
ware
/
Adjective, Noun
barren
/x
Noun, Noun
inhospitable
x/xxx
Noun, Adjective
useless
/x
Adjective, Adjective
discarded
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
knock off
//
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
lay waste to
///
Phrase, Noun, Verb
run off
//
Phrase, Verb
waste product
//x
Phrase, Verb, Noun
wast
x
Noun
wastage
/x
Noun
trash
/
Noun
garbage
/x
Noun
rubbish
/x
Noun
recycle
x/x
Noun, Verb
money
/x
Noun
crap
/
Noun
landfill
/x
Noun
dumping
/x
Verb, Noun
disposal
x/x
Noun
hassle
/x
Noun
spend
/
Verb
unnecessary
x/xxx
Adjective
unneeded
x/x
Adjective
stinking
/x
Noun
mess
/
Noun
save
/
Verb
inefficiency
xx/xx
Noun
drain
/
Noun
pile
/
Noun
energy
/xx
Noun
excess
/x
Noun
cost
/
Noun
excrement
/xx
Noun
reuse
x/
Noun
expend
x/
Verb
worthless
/x
Adjective
pointless
/x
Adjective
superfluous
/xx
Adjective
ruin
/x
Noun
expense
x/
Noun
spillage
/x
Noun
contaminate
x/xx
Verb
bulk
/
Noun
sewage
/x
Noun
pollution
x/x
Noun
nonsense
/x
Noun
dispose
x/
Verb, Noun
filth
/
Noun
toxic
/x
Adjective
time
/
Noun
matter
/x
Noun
mismanagement
x/xx
Noun
polluting
x/x
Verb
spare
/
Adjective
nuisance
/x
Noun
manpower
/xx
Noun
heaps
/
Noun
sludge
/
Noun
amount
x/
Noun
wastewater
/xx
Noun
refuse
x/
Noun
dross
/
Noun
debris
x/
Noun
offal
/x
Noun
wreckage
/x
Noun
unusable
x/xx
Adjective
detritus
x/x
Noun
wreck
/
Noun
chaff
/
Noun
waste of time
///
Phrase, Noun
weed
/
Noun
raffle
/x
Noun
pollutant
x/x
Noun
leftover
/xx
Adjective
unwanted
x/x
Adjective
lumber
/x
Noun
corruption
x/x
Noun
noise
/
Noun
shoddy
/x
Adjective
loss
/
Noun
second
/x
Noun
ruination
/x/x
Noun
damaged goods
/x/
Phrase, Noun
loser
/x
Noun
shambles
/x
Noun
ugliness
/xx
Noun
junk mail
//
Phrase, Noun
husk
/
Noun
contaminant
x/xx
Noun
overhead
/x/
Noun
crumbling
/xx
Verb
nonuse
x/
Noun
abuse
x/
Noun
vanity
/xx
Noun
disadvantage
xx/x
Noun
reject
x/
Verb
futility
x/xx
Noun
inefficient
xx/x
Adjective
abomination
xxx/x
Noun
harm
/
Noun
wretch
/
Noun
misuse
x/
Noun
composted
/xx
Verb
hazardous
/xx
Adjective
recyclable
x/xx
Adjective
trackless
/x
Adjective
extravagance
x/xx
Noun
rework
x/
Noun
spoilage
/x
Noun
inexcusable
xx/xx
Adjective
cultivable
/xxx
Adjective
basket
/x
Noun, Verb
biodegradable
xxx/xx
Adjective, Noun
bloodshed
/x
Noun
bum
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bute
/
Name
can
/
Verb, Noun
carnage
/x
Noun
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
condensate
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
condensed
x/
Adjective
conserve
x/
Verb, Noun
cull
/
Noun, Verb
desolation
xx/x
Noun
destructiveness
x/xx
Noun
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
dispel
x/
Verb, Noun
dissipate
/xx
Verb
dry
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
dumpster
/x
Noun
dustbin
/x
Noun
economize
x/xx
Verb
effluent
/xx
Noun, Adjective
emptiness
/xx
Noun
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
environment
x/xx
Noun
equipment
x/x
Noun
evaporated
x/xxx
Adjective
excreta
x/x
Noun
excretion
x/x
Noun
exhaust
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
expenditure
x/xx
Noun
fade
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
flammable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
food
/
Noun
fool
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fritter away
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
frustration
x/x
Noun
fuel
/x
Noun, Verb
gangrene
/x
Noun, Verb
generators
/xxx
Noun
hardship
/x
Noun, Verb
haste
/
Noun, Verb
havoc
/x
Noun, Verb
heath
/
Noun
husband
/x
Noun, Verb
improbability
x/x/xx
Noun
impurity
x/xx
Noun
land
/
Noun, Verb
liquefied
/xx
Adjective
litter
/x
Noun, Verb
lose
/
Verb, Noun
manure
x/
Noun, Verb
material
x/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mesa
/x
Noun
misappropriation
xxxx/x
Noun
miss
/
Name, Verb
misunderstanding
xxx/x
Noun
privation
x/x
Noun
product
/x
Noun, Verb
profligacy
/xxx
Noun
pulping
/x
Noun
quality
/xx
Noun, Adjective
reclaimed
x/
Adjective
refusal
x/x
Noun
rejection
x/x
Noun
releases
x/x
Noun, Verb
remainder
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
remnants
/x
Verb
residual
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
residue
/xx
Noun
residuum
x/xx
Noun
scratch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
scum
/
Noun, Verb
sewer
/x
Noun, Verb
sewerage
/xx
Noun
shame
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shoot
/
Verb, Noun
slag
/
Noun, Verb
slop
/
Noun, Verb
slurry
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
spam
/
Noun, Verb
spoil
/
Verb, Noun
sterile
/x
Adjective
striker
/x
Noun
tailings
/x
Noun
throw
/
Verb, Noun
tombstone
/x
Noun, Verb
toxic waste
/x/
Phrase, Noun
trimmings
/x
Noun
uncontaminated
xx/xxx
Adjective
use
/
Noun, Verb
want
/
Verb, Noun
wanton
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
waste of money
///x
Phrase, Noun
wastebasket
/xx
Noun, Verb
water
/x
Noun, Verb
wear
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective