wastes

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wastes

/weɪsts/

Sounds like waists · Rhymes with -eɪsts

noun

plural plural of waste

verb

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of waste

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: squander, emaciate, wastefulness, devastate, ravage, pine away, wild, languish, rot, wasteland, desolate, do in, godforsaken, thriftlessness, scrap, dissipation

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"wastes." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wastes.

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@misc{wastes_2026,
  title = {wastes},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wastes},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}