waste
Example Sentences
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"They have to set their heating much higher, and the temperature still isn't as warm, so it wastes gas and wastes money."
From Barron's
“I remember sitting in my squalid cubicle and thinking, ‘My God, my life is a total waste.
Aunt Kitty never wasted a minute on rest and relaxation.
From Literature
He was especially close to his grandfather — a rabbi in Poland who built a successful career in waste management after immigrating to the U.S. — and to his Aunt Belle.
From Los Angeles Times
Long before Cignetti was laying waste to college football’s blue blood programs, his head coaching journey began in 2011 when he was hired by a once-proud Division II program called Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
