Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word To use or consume something without necessity or care, resulting in loss or depletion.
Waste
/weɪst/Synonyms:
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Examples:
I gave her money, which her husband wasted.
'And he sits there wasting precious time.'
He thought of her as walking barefooted through a stony waste.
Etymology:
The word waste comes from the Old Northern French word wast, derived from the medieval Latin vastare, which means to devastate or ravage, related to the Latin word vastus, meaning empty or desolate.
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