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waste

/ˈweɪ̯st/ noun B1
  1. Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Excrement or urine. (countable, uncountable) · The cage was littered with animal waste.
  3. A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A large tract of uncultivated land. (countable, uncountable)
  6. The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land. (countable, uncountable)
  7. A vast expanse of water. (countable, uncountable)
  8. A disused mine or part of one. (countable, uncountable)

Plural wastes

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“I think you might do something better with the time,” she said, “than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 51 · B2
“You’ll get a pack of nonsense into your heads and waste time that should be put on your lessons.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 207 · C1
Don’t waste a moment in getting started.
The Valley of Fear, p. 20 · C1
“I simply never waste a thought on him, Diana.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 199 · C1

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