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Waste

/weɪst/
Use or spend something thoughtlessly or without care, often leading to its loss or uselessness.

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Examples:

Don't waste your time on that game.We should reduce plastic waste to save the planet.

Etymology:

etymology
From Middle English wasten, from Anglo-French waster, from Latin vastare meaning to lay waste, devastate, from vastus meaning empty or desolate.

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