go to waste

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go to waste

verb goes to waste · going to waste · went to waste · gone to waste

To remain unused; not to fulfill its purpose. Every year it is painfully apparent that fully two-thirds of our fruits and tons of vegetables go to waste.

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Español	desperdiciar, echar a perder
Português	desperdiçar

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@misc{go_to_waste_2026,
  title = {go to waste},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20to%20waste},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}