waste
- noun
- /weɪst/
- Specialized
- The tenant was held responsible for the waste of the property's value due to neglect and poor maintenance.
Examples
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It was just so much waste committed on the property, unbelievable amount of damage.
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Proposed Directive on Civil Liability for Damage Caused by Waste
Academic text (1992) -
In such situations, courts must determine whether to infer from the indirect evidence presented that the defendant's waste actually reached the facility.
Academic text (1995) -
Soon after the project became public, Father Ed Hislop criticized OLR as a waste of money given other, more pressing economic needs in the Butte community.
Academic text (2016) -
MacNamara and Kissinger (sic) should be held accountable for this waste of men and treasure.
Blog text (27) -
The same conservative principle, which induces the Court to interpose its authority for the protection of exclusive privileges, to prevent the commission of waste, even in some cases of trespass, and in many cases of destruction, will, we think, apply to this.
Academic text (2016) -
In cases of waste, landlords can take legal action against tenants for damaging the estate.
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The court ruled that the tenant's actions resulted in significant waste, diminishing the property's worth.
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
Radioactive material from medical tests and hospital procedures that has low radiation and needs safe handling
- Specialized
Highly radioactive material left after nuclear fuel is used that needs safe storage for a long time
A thing like time or money that is completely useless and gives no benefit
- Specialized
Poisonous waste from factories that can harm people and nature
- Offensive
A rude phrase for something completely pointless and not worth your time
- Specialized
A place where people dump poisonous materials that must be cleaned because they can harm people or nature
- Specialized
A machine that presses waste like cardboard or plastic into tight bundles for easier handling
- Specialized
A large shallow pond that treats sewage using sunlight and bacteria and algae
How Damaging
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Waste in law, meaning harm that lowers the value of property, comes from the old word wāst for 'loss' or 'destruction', and this legal sense keeps the idea of making something less valuable.