wastes
Definitions
Noun
- Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
- The trait of wasting resources
- An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
Verb
- Spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- Use inefficiently or inappropriately
- Get rid of
- Run off as waste
- Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- Spend extravagantly
- Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- Cause to grow thin or weak
- Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- Become physically weaker
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "wastes".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wants | 1 | 72 |
| 2 | schwartz | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | twists | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | warts | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | west's | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | swift's | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | quarts | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | quartz | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | swartz | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | waltz | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | quests | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | quiets | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | quilts | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | quints | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | quist's | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | schwantes | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | schwarz | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | schwarze | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | swarts | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | swifts | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | thwarts | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | waists | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | walts | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | wantz | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | waste's | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | wecht's | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | weerts | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | weintz | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | weintz' | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | weltz | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | wentz | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | werntz | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | wilts | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | wiltse | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | wiltz | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | wintz | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | woltz | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | wuertz | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | wyatt's | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "wastes".
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "wastes".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 15
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 39
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Trash sucks: A Norwegian city uses vacuum tubes to whisk waste away
Jun 11, 2025 The Washington Post
Jun 11, 2025 The Washington Post
Why should we pay twice to dispose of waste? Bengaluru citizens ask as collectors demand cash on top of c
Jun 11, 2025 Times of India
Jun 11, 2025 Times of India
Cisco president says dredging coding syntax from wetware memory wastes engineers' expensive synapses
Jun 10, 2025 theregister.com
Jun 10, 2025 theregister.com
Austin Resource Recovery says new bulk trash pick-up saves money, limits trash in landfills
Jun 11, 2025 KXAN Austin
Jun 11, 2025 KXAN Austin