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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

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Substantiivit

  1. A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
  2. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
  3. A large tract of uncultivated land.
  4. A vast expanse of water.
  5. A disused mine or part of one.
  6. The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
  7. Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
  8. Gradual loss or decay.
  9. A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
  10. (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste"
  11. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
  12. Excrement
  13. (legal) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.

Verbit

  1. (transitive, now rare) To devastate or destroy.
  2. (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
  3. (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
  4. (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
  5. (intransitive) Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
  6. (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
  7. (legal) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.

Adjektiivit

  1. (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
  2. Barren; desert.
  3. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
  4. Superfluous; needless.
  5. Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
  6. Unfortunate; disappointing.

Esimerkit

  • Wasted by such a course of life, the infirmities of age daily grew on him.
  • Lighting an empty office overnight wastes enough energy to heat water for 1,000 cups of coffee!
  • Researchers analyse human and animal waste to help reduce the amount of potentially fatal bacteria entering the food chain.
  • The whole area smelled of decaying animal waste.
  • Taking vitamins to protect against disease is a waste of time and money.
  • Computer waste is still being dumped in developing nations in contravention of the Basel Convention.
  • The barrel of meal shall not waste.
  • We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.
  • E. Kay (1822-1897), afterwards Lord Justice of Appeal, had rooms on the same staircase as myself, and we wasted a great deal of time together, both in term and in my second summer vacation. 1909. Francis Galton, Memories of my life, p. 69.
  • A “moving platform” scheme[...]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails.[...]This set-up solves several problems […]. Stopping high-speed trains wastes energy and time, so why not simply slow them down enough for a moving platform to pull alongside?
  • Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, / And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
  • That was a waste of time
  • until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness
  • The Tiber / Insults our walls, and wastes our fruitful grounds.
  • Thou barren ground, whom winter's wrath hath wasted, / Art made a mirror to behold my plight.
  • His heart became appalled as he gazed forward into the waste darkness of futurity.
  • Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
  • For centuries the shrine at Mecca had been of merely local importance, far outshone by the Temple of the Jews in Jerusalem, whose cult Christians had in good measure renewed by their pilgrimage in honour of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection, while leaving the actual site of the Jerusalem Temple dishonoured and waste.
  • SOo whanne syr Galahad was departed from the castel of maydens / he rode tyl he came to a waste forest / & there he mette with syre launcelot and syr Percyuale but they knewe hym not / for he was newe desguysed / Ryghte so syr launcelot his fader dressid his spere and brake it vpon syr Galahad
  • The cage was littered with animal waste
  • Her life seemed a waste

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin perfektiwastedImperfektiwasted
Partisiipin preesenswastingMonikkowastes
Komparatiivimore wasteSuperlatiivimost waste
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesenswastesYksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesenswasteth (vanhahtava)

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