waste Definitie in het Nederlands

• 0 an unnecessary or wrong use of money, substances, time, energy, abilities, etc.: --

  • You can even make stock from the bones, so that nothing goes to waste.

  • My mother couldn't stand waste - she always made us eat everything on our plates.

  • She's been unemployed for two years and it's such a waste of her talents.

  • That meeting achieved absolutely nothing - it was a complete waste of time.

• 1 unwanted matter or material of any type, especially what is left after useful substances or parts have been removed: --

  • The Japanese recycle more than half of their waste paper.

  • Oil spills are common, as is the dumping of toxic industrial wastes.

  • Millions of gallons of untreated human waste (= excrement) flow into the river every day.

  • He opposes any kind of nuclear waste being dumped at sea.

  • This city produces 20 million tons of household waste each year.

• 2 an area of ground in or near a city that is not built on or used in any way: --

  • the Arctic wastes of northern Siberia

  • His body had been dumped in an area of waste ground just outside the city.

• 3 to use too much of something or use something badly when there is a limited amount of it: --

  • Don't waste your money on such junk.

  • Come on, let's get started - we've wasted enough time already.

  • You waste a lot of water by taking a bath instead of a shower.

• 4 to kill someone --

• 5 a bad use of something valuable that you have only a limited amount of: --

  • I felt like being there was just a waste.

  • a waste of talent/ability

  • a waste of time/money