Examples of “waste” in a Sentence

noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.

• Please put your food waste in the green bin outside.
• The factory has to dispose of its waste safely.
• Recycling helps reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.

noun The act of using something carelessly or without getting proper value from it.

• It would be a waste to throw away perfectly good bread.
• What a waste of an afternoon, sitting in that pointless meeting!
• Leaving the lights on all day is such a waste of electricity.

verb To use something carelessly or fail to make good use of it.

• We wasted the whole morning looking for the car keys.
• Don't waste your money on things you don't need.
• She felt she was wasting her talent in that job.

adjective Not used, cultivated, or wanted; discarded or barren.

• The waste ground behind the factory was fenced off.
• Nothing grew on the waste land beside the old railway line.
• The council cleared the waste material from the empty plot behind the shops.