Significato di waste in italiano

• 0 a bad use of something useful, such as time or money -- spreco

  • Meetings are a waste of time. Le riunioni sono una perdita di tempo.

  • They throw away loads of food – it’s such a waste. Gettano via un monte di cibo – è un vero spreco.

• 1 things that are not wanted -- rifiuti, scarti

  • household waste rifiuti domestici

• 2 to use too much of something or use something badly -- sprecare

  • Why waste your money on things you don’t need? Perché sprecare soldi su cose che non ti servono?

• 3 Waste material is no longer needed and can be got rid of. -- di scarto

  • waste paper carta straccia

• 4 to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way -- sprecare

  • You’re wasting my time with all these stupid questions.

• 5 material which is or has been made useless -- scarto; di scarto

  • industrial waste from the factories

  • (also adjective) waste material.

• 6 (the) act of wasting -- spreco, perdita

  • That was a waste of an opportunity.

• 7 a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc -- (terreno incolto/desolato)

  • the Arctic wastes.