to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: “You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.”
verspillen

1 material which is or has been made useless: “industrial waste from the factories”
afval

2 (the) act of wasting: “That was a waste of an opportunity.”
verspilling

3 a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: “the Arctic wastes.”
woestenij

'wastage (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

loss by wasting; the amount wasted: “Of the total amount, roughly 20% was wastage.”
verlies

'wasteful (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

involving or causing waste: “Throwing away that bread is wasteful.”
verkwistend

'wastefully (Bijwoord)

verkwistend

'wastefulness (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

verspilling

waste paper

paper which is thrown away as not being useful: “Offices usually have a great deal of waste paper.”
scheurpapier

wastepaper basket

a basket or other (small) container for waste paper: “Put those old letters in the wastepaper basket.”
papiermand

waste pipe

a pipe to carry off waste material, or water from a sink etc: “The kitchen waste pipe is blocked.”
afvoerbuis

waste away

to decay; to lose weight, strength and health etc: “He is wasting away because he has a terrible disease.”
wegkwijnen
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to waste	verkopen (ww.) ; kolengruis (ww.) ; rotzooi (ww.) ; verbeuzelen (ww.) ; verboemelen (ww.) ; verbrassen (ww.) ; verdoen (ww.) ; verkankeren (ww.) ; verknoeien (ww.) ; iets bederven (ww.) ; verkwanselen (ww.) ; verkwisten (ww.) ; verkwisting (ww.) ; verlummelen (ww.) ; verpesten (ww.) ; verspillen (ww.) ; verspilling (ww.) ; vuilnis (ww.) ; afval (ww.)
waste	afval in de zin van 'schadelijke stoffen' ; afval ; afval- ; afvalstoffen ; bocht ; braakliggend land ; opmaken ; rommel ; schuim ; uitschot ; verklungelen ; verlies ; verlies door verdamping ; vermorsen ; vuil ; wegwerpafval ; woestenij

Bronnen: interglot; Autowoordenboek; Download IATE, European Union, 2017.; Trueterm; Wakefield genealogy pages; KNNV Botanical glossary; Vlietstra; MWB




EN: consume
EN: debris
EN: dissipate
EN: dribble away
EN: excess
EN: fritter away
EN: gamble away
EN: idle away
EN: lavish
EN: leftovers

EN: lay waste NL: verwoesten
EN: lie waste NL: braak liggen
EN: waste paper NL: scheurpapier NL: misdruk
EN: day wastes NL: de dag loopt ten einde
EN: waste breath NL: woorden verspillen
EN: waste not, want not NL: die wat spaart, heeft wat
EN: is wasteed on him NL: is aan hem niet besteed
EN: waste disposal NL: vuilafvoer, afvalafvoer
EN: it's a waste NL: 't is zonde NL: the waste of waters (watery waste), troosteloze watervlak
EN: go (run) to waste NL: verloren gaan NL: verwilderen