How to Use waste in a Sentence

waste

1 of 3 noun

• The current system causes a lot of waste.
• We need to find ways to reduce unnecessary waste.
• Any further investment would be a waste of valuable resources.
• The city oversees waste disposal contracts.
• These old computers are still useful. It seems like such a waste to throw them away.
• The area is marked by huge waste dumps made up of rock and earth that have been dug out of the mines.
  — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 2 Dec. 2023
• Trees taller than 6 feet must be cut in half and placed next to green waste cart.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
• Rankin missed and one of the Blue Raiders’ most productive drives went to waste.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 3 Sep. 2023
• The goal was the world’s first town with zero carbon and zero waste.
  — Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
• That means there’s less waste heat to capture and warm the passengers.
  — Aarian Marshall matt Simon, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2024
• To her, submerging seaweed seems like a bit of a waste.
  — Saima May Sidik, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
• This modern-looking worm farm can hold up to 5 pounds of food waste a week.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2023
• Hernández: Shohei Ohtani’s time with Angels has not been a waste.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• Oftentimes, the wall space behind a bed goes to waste, save for a bit of artwork.
  — Jenn Andrlik, House Beautiful, 20 Apr. 2023
• That level of waste has now doubled with the removal of the 2023 postseason.
  — Jon Wilner | Bay Area News Group, oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2023
• In fact, some of them are even considered hazardous waste.
  — Maria Marabito, Treehugger, 6 Apr. 2023
• The idea of turning waste into drinking water is not new.
  — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• Currently, the waste is stored in over 1,000 giant tanks, but the country is struggling with what to do as the space shrinks and the water grows.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 7 July 2023
• New York City is home to many free-roaming cats, which can cause headaches for neighbors who have to deal with the noise, smell and waste that go along with them.
  — Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2023
• The program requires residents to separate food scraps and yard waste from the rest of their trash.
  — James Barron, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• The man rolled up his pants before dropping down into ankle-deep waste to to pull the bucket out.
  — Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• The change is part of a larger effort by CMS this year to address fraud, waste and abuse in its hospice program.
  — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 21 July 2023
• It was created to use the entire fish and minimize food waste.
  — Kaye Toal, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2023
• Gisele is the co-founder of 412FR, a community-wide effort to end hunger and reduce food waste.
  — Gisele Barreto Fetterman, ELLE, 30 Mar. 2023
• The disposal of plastic bags is still a sticking point in our efforts to reduce waste.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• Saudi Arabia Startups in the Middle East are tackling high rates of food waste.
  — Angela Wang, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2023
• The most straight forward option would be to dispose of a deceased animal with the household waste.
  — Eric Tourigny, CNN, 3 Apr. 2023
• The cows play an important role on the farm, eating grass, fertilizing the land and ensuring the bad dates don’t go to waste.
  — Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• This robot lawn mower also has a sweeper kit that removes debris from your backyard, such as leaves, sticks, and waste.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2024
• Gaon is often seen collecting bottles and other waste from trash cans on Melrose Avenue.
  — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024

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waste

2 of 3 verb

• We can't afford to waste so much food.
• I think he's just wasting my time.
• Turn off the lights so we don't waste electricity.
• Don't waste water during the summer drought.
• He always wasted his money on useless gadgets.
• We can't afford to waste this opportunity.
• There was no more time to waste — just no way around it.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
• The list is too long, though, for most to waste their precious time.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
• For the families of those held, there’s no time to waste.
  — Heather Chen, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
• But this Longchamp sale ends at 7 p.m. ET tonight, so there’s no time to waste.
  — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
• So, don't waste any time adding the Vencede Men's Heated Vest to your cart.
  — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2024
• That said, now the first Chrome Zero Day of 2023 is here, there is no time to waste.
  — Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
• The most important thing in the era of climate change is not to waste food.
  — Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• Congress can provide two out of the three; and there is no time to waste.
  — The Editors, National Review, 17 Oct. 2023
• But there’s a special place in my heart to waste the time of these people.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
• Don’t waste any time longer than reading the title on this one.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• But as pleasant as Kingsley is in the role, the movie ends up wasting him.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2023
• Who wants to waste time trying to appeal to a college that isn’t a good match?
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
• One of the mothers was dry-humping a tree, wasted off her brain.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
• In Hawaii, over $1 billion worth of food is wasted each year.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
• Don't waste any of your garden's bounty or pass up a sale at the market.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2023
• If the veneer on your table is white all the way through, don’t waste your time trying to glue it down.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
• In total, about a third of all food goes to waste during the production process.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
• Don’t waste any time with cheap shucks and misdemeanors.
  — Billy Witz Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024
• Don’t waste someone’s attention once your foot is in the door.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• The country hitmaker didn’t waste much time to get the song into his set list.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2024
• There’s no need to waste your time on re-doing your makeup 100 times just to achieve the perfect wing.
  — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
• On both a national and a global scale, 30 to 40% of the food supply is wasted.
  — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Mar. 2023
• That’s right: Clinique just opened up shop at Amazon — and shoppers aren’t wasting any time filling up their carts.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
• The body is now wasting; the voice is losing expressive competence.
  — Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024

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waste

3 of 3 adjective

• Luxuries such as a boiler, tanks for both fresh and waste water, a grill (stored in the van’s cargo hold), and portable camping chairs are part of the deal, too.
  — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2017
• The most accessible plank of the action plan for most residents is waste reduction.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2020
• Fenced dog enclosure features fire hydrants, waste bag stations, picnic tables, trash cans and play features, 4700 Old Pearsall Road; sanantonio.gov.
  — Ingrid Wilgen, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018
• That means waste heat, vented from cooling towers, losing 30 to 40 percent of the energy created by combustion.
  — David Roberts, Vox, 1 June 2018
• After being warned for taking more than the allotted 25 seconds between serves, Kyrgios mimicked how Nadal fidgets before a point, as if to remind the chair umpire that there are folks who more egregiously waste time.
  — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2020
• Sowers did not waste time, impressing Kyle Shanahan, then the Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator, in 2016.
  — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2020
• Luxuries such as a boiler, tanks for both fresh and waste water, a grill (stored in the van’s cargo hold), and portable camping chairs are part of the deal, too.
  — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2017
• The most accessible plank of the action plan for most residents is waste reduction.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2020
• Fenced dog enclosure features fire hydrants, waste bag stations, picnic tables, trash cans and play features, 4700 Old Pearsall Road; sanantonio.gov.
  — Ingrid Wilgen, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018
• That means waste heat, vented from cooling towers, losing 30 to 40 percent of the energy created by combustion.
  — David Roberts, Vox, 1 June 2018
• After being warned for taking more than the allotted 25 seconds between serves, Kyrgios mimicked how Nadal fidgets before a point, as if to remind the chair umpire that there are folks who more egregiously waste time.
  — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2020
• Sowers did not waste time, impressing Kyle Shanahan, then the Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator, in 2016.
  — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2020
• Luxuries such as a boiler, tanks for both fresh and waste water, a grill (stored in the van’s cargo hold), and portable camping chairs are part of the deal, too.
  — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2017
• The most accessible plank of the action plan for most residents is waste reduction.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2020
• Fenced dog enclosure features fire hydrants, waste bag stations, picnic tables, trash cans and play features, 4700 Old Pearsall Road; sanantonio.gov.
  — Ingrid Wilgen, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018
• That means waste heat, vented from cooling towers, losing 30 to 40 percent of the energy created by combustion.
  — David Roberts, Vox, 1 June 2018
• After being warned for taking more than the allotted 25 seconds between serves, Kyrgios mimicked how Nadal fidgets before a point, as if to remind the chair umpire that there are folks who more egregiously waste time.
  — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2020
• Sowers did not waste time, impressing Kyle Shanahan, then the Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator, in 2016.
  — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024