Collocations for "wasted"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "wasted" in context.
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waste
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- don't waste my time
- [stop, we're] wasting time
- don't waste your [breath, energy]
- don't waste [water, electricity, food]
- waste your [talent, ability, skills, life]
- waste your [money, efforts] on
- wasted a [golden, once-in-a-lifetime] opportunity
- my [talents, paintings] are wasted on you
- your [talent] is wasted at that [company, school]
- [seems, is] a [pity, shame] to waste them
- wasted the best years of my life
- she is wasting away
- he wasted away to nothing
- causes the muscles to waste away
- her muscles have wasted
- [oil, liquid, gas, chemical, natural, nuclear] waste
- [household, food, restaurant, local, national] waste
- a [large, worrying, huge] amount of waste
- 50 [tons, hectares, containers] of waste
- the [disposal, dumping] of [nuclear, medical, toxic] waste
- the [industry, factory, plant, city] generates waste
- generates [a lot of, a great deal of, too much] of waste
- [generates, produces, spews] waste
- [dump, burn, recycle, regenerate] waste
- [cut down on, eliminate, remove] waste
- waste from [households, factories, restaurants]
- (is) such a waste
- a [big, complete, total] waste (of)
- a waste of (my) [time, energy, resources, money]
- a waste of [a life, her talent]
- the [frozen, abandoned, blackened] wastes of
- the waste and repair of [parts, tissue, joints]
- the [troops, enemy, tanks] laid waste to the (town)
- waste [materials, byproducts, paper, product]
- waste [recycling, collection, reduction]
- waste [bucket, can, receptacle]
- waste [treatment, sanitation, disposal, management] (facilities)
'wasted' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):