Sentence examples for waste from inspiring English sources
waste
To devastate or destroy.
The word "waste" is correct and usable in written English. It is an uncountable noun typically used to refer to something that is unused, unused material, or the act of not using something. For example, "The factory produced too much waste, and it had to be disposed of properly.".
What a waste.
There is no time to waste.
"It is a huge waste of the next generation's skills, potential and talent and it comes at a huge cost to young black and minority-ethnic people, their families, taxpayers and the economy".
It was a waste of everyone's time".
Given the huge waste and poor productivity in the public services, there is no a priori reason why these cuts cannot be covered by public spending savings, as Osborne argued.
In fact, the more we spend at Christmas, the more we waste.
McLeish, with little money to waste, landed Kris Boyd: to the purist, hardly even a footballer; to the statistician, an outrageously prolific goalscorer.
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