wastes
Definitions
Noun
- Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
- The trait of wasting resources
- An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
Verb
- Spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- Use inefficiently or inappropriately
- Get rid of
- Run off as waste
- Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- Spend extravagantly
- Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- Cause to grow thin or weak
- Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- Become physically weaker
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "wastes".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wants | 1 | 72 |
| 2 | schwartz | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | twists | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | warts | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | west's | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | swift's | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | quarts | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | quartz | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | swartz | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | waltz | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | quests | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | quiets | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | quilts | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | quints | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | quist's | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | schwantes | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | schwarz | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | schwarze | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | swarts | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | swifts | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | thwarts | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | waists | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | walts | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | wantz | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | waste's | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | wecht's | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | weerts | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | weintz | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | weintz' | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | weltz | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | wentz | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | werntz | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | wilts | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | wiltse | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | wiltz | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | wintz | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | woltz | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | wuertz | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | wyatt's | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "wastes".
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "wastes".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 15
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 39
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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