waste in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for waste in the English»French Dictionary

I.waste [Brit weɪst, Am weɪst] N

1. waste U (squandering):

waste (of time)
perte f (of de)
what a waste!
don't throw it away, it's a waste
it's a waste of her talents
a waste of effort
it's a waste of time and money
to go to waste
to let sth go to waste

III.waste [Brit weɪst, Am weɪst] ADJ

IV.waste [Brit weɪst, Am weɪst] VB trans

1. waste (squander):

waste strength
there's no time to waste
he certainly didn't waste any time! iron

See also nuclear waste

waste in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for waste in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

waste ground N, waste land N no pl a. fig

wastebasket [ˈweɪstbɑ:skɪt, Am -bæskət] N Am, waste bin N Brit, Aus

Translations for waste in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

waste Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

it's a waste of money
it's a waste of time
it's a waste of time doing sth
it was a waste of energy/food
to lay waste the land
an utter waste of time
it was a waste of time going
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He hoped to capitalize on the mining companies' growing receptiveness to reclamation and remediation projects that dealt with waste land in new, innovative ways.
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Overburden (waste rock) from the mine has polluted a nearby lake due to acid mine drainage.
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However, he is very busy and can not afford to waste time on an uncooperative source.
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Why waste time and our money on violent louts like this?
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Lead levels for the general public were 5 times lower than those for e-waste workers, but was still higher than the safe amount.
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This would involve burial at a depth between 200 1000m deep in a purpose-built facility with no intention to retrieve the waste in the future.
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The waste product left in the retort was coke.
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The disposal of nuclear waste is also an issue, due to a lack of funding.
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Fairway also uses waste-to-water technology as part of its waste decomposition system to eliminate the hauling of solids to landfills.
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It upset him to see that each religion set up its own missionary work, which in his opinion, was a waste of resources.
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