use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose
we can't afford to waste electricity
I don't use the car, so why should I waste precious money on it?
(of a person or a part of the body) become progressively weaker and more emaciated
she was visibly wasting away
kill or severely injure (someone)
I saw them waste the guy I worked for
devastate or ruin (a place)
he seized their cattle and wasted their country
(of time) pass away
the years were wasting
an act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose
it's a waste of time trying to argue with him
they had learned to avoid waste
a large area of barren, typically uninhabited land
the icy wastes of the Antarctic
damage to an estate caused by an act or by neglect, especially by a life tenant