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kənˈsum ˈdɛvəsteɪt ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃən ˌɡɒd.fə(ɹ)ˈseɪ.kɪn ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ ˈlɪkwədeɪt ˈmæs.ə.ɹeɪt ˈɹævɪdʒ ɹɪˈmuːv ɹɒt ɹɔt skɜːdʒ skɝdʒ ˈskwɒnd.ə ˈskwɑn.dɚ wɛə(ɹ) wɛɚ become physically weaker Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion cause to grow thin or weak The treatment emaciated him lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief After her husband died, she just pined away useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly if the effort brings no compensating gain, it is a waste mindless dissipation of natural resources spend extravagantly waste not, want not use inefficiently or inappropriately waste heat waste a joke on an unappreciative audience located in a dismal or remote area; desolate a desert island a godforsaken wilderness crossroads a wild stretch of land waste places (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing The mafia liquidated the informer the double agent was neutralized run off as waste The water wastes back into the ocean dispose of Get rid of these old shoes! The company got rid of all the dead wood We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer spend thoughtlessly; throw away He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends You squandered the opportunity to get an advanced degree the trait of wasting resources a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste the wastefulness of missed opportunities an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation the barrens of central Africa the trackless wastes of the desert any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted they collect the waste once a week much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers