waste in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for waste in the English»Serbian Dictionary

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I.waste [weɪst] N

II.waste [weɪst] VB trans

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III.waste [weɪst] VB intr

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'waste sepa·ra·tion N no pl

waste 'man·age·ment N no pl

'waste dis·pos·al N no pl

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waste re·'pro·cess·ing N no pl

waste 'heat N no pl TECH

waste Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

waste of effort
uzaludan trud
waste of energy/money/time
traćenje energije/novca/vremena
waste of resources
traćenje resursa
to lay waste to the land
opustošiti zemlju
don't waste my time!
nemoj traćiti moje vreme!
it was a thorough waste of time
to je bio potpuni gubitak vremena
the nuclear waste was encapsulated in concrete
nuklearni otpad je bio zaliven betonom
a complete and utter waste of time
potpuno gubljenje vremena
to lay waste to the land
opustošiti zemlju
to waste one's breath
traćiti vreme

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Waste heat generated by energy usage is a secondary contributor.
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Overburden (waste rock) from the mine has polluted a nearby lake due to acid mine drainage.
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The disposal of nuclear waste is also an issue, due to a lack of funding.
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Why waste time and our money on violent louts like this?
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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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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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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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From a room that appears to have been set aside for bathing, waste water was directed to covered drains, which lined the major streets.
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One day, a friend of mine told me that the garbage plant, the city's waste incinerator, would melt down too.
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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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