Synonyms for waste

any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted (noun)

useless or profitless activity (noun)

• wastefulness
• dissipation

the trait of wasting resources (noun)

• thriftlessness

an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation (noun)

• barren
• wasteland

(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect (noun)

spend thoughtlessly (verb)

• blow
• squander

run off as waste (verb)

get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing (verb)

• neutralize
• neutralise
• liquidate

spend extravagantly (verb)

• consume
• ware

lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief (verb)

• languish

cause to grow thin or weak (verb)

• emaciate
• macerate

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb)

• devastate
• desolate
• ravage
• scourge

become physically weaker (verb)

• rot

located in a dismal or remote area (adj)

• godforsaken
• wild