Betydning av waste På norsk

• 0 a bad or careless use -- sløsing [ masculine ]

  • The film was a complete waste of money/time. Filmen var fullstendig bortkastet tid/bortkastede penger.

  • All the young lives lost at war – it’s such a waste. Alle de unge livene som går tapt i krig – det er så bortkastet.

  • tons of energy going to waste massevis av energi som sløses bort

• 1 sth useless that is left after you have used a product, material, etc. -- søppel [ masculine-neuter ]

  • discarded plastic and other waste plastavfall og annen søppel

  • nuclear waste kjernefysisk avfall

• 2 to use more than is needed or acceptable -- sløse

  • Turn out the lights so we don’t waste energy. Skru av lysene så vi ikke sløser med strømmen.

  • You’re wasting your money on that car. Du sløser bort pengene dine på den bilen.

• 3 not understood or appreciated by sb -- bortkastet på noen

  • The beauty of the performance was wasted on my brother. Den fine forestillingen var bortkastet på broren min.

• 4 to do without delay -- ikke somle (med)

  • They wasted no time in denying the report. De somlet ikke med å dementere rapporten.

• 5 to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way -- kaste bort, sløse, ødelegge

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

• 6 material which is or has been made useless -- avfall(sprodukt), skrap, søppel

  • industrial waste from the factories

  • (also adjective) waste material.

• 7 (the) act of wasting -- sløsing, sløseri

  • That was a waste of an opportunity.

• 8 a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc -- øde-/villmark

  • the Arctic wastes.