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• roina• riuduttaa• roskat• roska• riutua• tuhota• tuhlaus• tuhottu• tuhlata• näivettää• näivettyätechnology• häviöfinance, business, economy• hävikki• hävittää• jäteaine• jäte• jätteet• jäteaineet• turmella• tähde• hukata• hylkytavaraforest and paper industry• hylky• hukka• hylkyaine• hivuttaa• hukkakäyttö• viemäri• viljelemätön• asumaton• autio• autio maa• aavikko• törsätä• törsäys• väheneminen• kerskakulutus• leikkaushäviö• haaskata• haaskaaminen• haaskaus• menettää• tappio• ylijäämä• kulutus• kuihduttaa• kuona• kuluttaa• käyttää* * *weist 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) tuhlata2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) jäte2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) haaskaus3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) erämaa•- wastage- wasteful
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- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
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• riita• närä• vastahakoisesti suoda• vihankauna• viha• ei suoda• kateus• kauna• katkeruus• kadehtia (ei suoda)• kadehtia• salaviha• kostonhimo* * *1. verb1) (to be unwilling to do, give etc; to do, give etc unwillingly: I grudge wasting time on this, but I suppose I'll have to do it; She grudges the dog even the little food she gives it.) suoda vastahakoisesti2) (to feel resentment against (someone) for: I grudge him his success.) kadehtia2. noun(a feeling of anger etc: He has a grudge against me.) kauna- grudging- grudgingly -
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• paitsi• torjunta• vapauttaa• varastoida• vapahtaa• varjella• autuuttaa• auttaa• arkistoida• puolustaa• hankkia anteeksianto• pelastaa• pelastus• sovittaa• suojata• suojella• säilyttää• tallentaa muistiinautomatic data processing• tallentaaautomatic data processing• säästää (ATK)automatic data processing• tallettaa• säästää• taltioida• tallettaa(tietotekn)• tallentaa(tietotekn)• lukuunottamatta• lunastaa* * *I 1. seiv verb1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) pelastaa2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) säästää3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) säästää4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) torjua5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) pelastaa6) (to keep data in the computer.)2. noun((in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.)- saver- saving
- savings
- saviour
- saving grace
- savings account
- savings bank
- save up II seiv preposition, conjunction(except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.) paitsi
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waste — [c]/weɪst / (say wayst) verb (wasted, wasting) –verb (t) 1. to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail; squander: to waste money; to waste time; to waste effort; to waste words. 2. to fail or neglect to use …
loiter — verb 1) he loitered at bus stops Syn: linger, wait, skulk; loaf, lounge, idle, laze, waste time, lollygag; informal hang around; archaic tarry 2) they loitered along the river bank Syn: dawdle, dally … Thesaurus of popular words
take to task — verb censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger s car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup • Syn: ↑call on the carpet, ↑rebuke, ↑rag, ↑trou … Useful english dictionary
fall between two stools — verb a) To fit into neither of two categories and, hence, be neglected or fail. “ She [<nowiki/>] could not bear to lose the land she had got by a swindle; and then she could not bear the loss of her lover. So she fell between two stools. ” … Wiktionary
waste away — verb To lose energy and become weak and feeble. She watched him wasting away from lack of food or exercise … Wiktionary
waste breath — verb To speak in a manner which is needless or futile; in discussion or argument to make points which are not appreciated or heeded. Middleton and Paul saw no use in wasting their breath in remonstrances against this proposal … Wiktionary
get after — verb a) To move into action in pursuit of something. Hes wasting time at university not getting after his degree. b) To move into action in attempt to catch or defeat another. If you want to win, youve got to get after it … Wiktionary
pull one's finger out — verb To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task Youve been sitting there all week, its time you sorted yourself out and pulled your finger out! … Wiktionary
boondoggle — verb, meaning to be engaged in a time wasting task that looks like work (usually while at work). Emailing is an extremely common form of boondoggling. I am not boondoggling, I am doing legitimate research for my project … Dictionary of american slang
boondoggle — verb, meaning to be engaged in a time wasting task that looks like work (usually while at work). Emailing is an extremely common form of boondoggling. I am not boondoggling, I am doing legitimate research for my project … Dictionary of american slang
waste — verb 1》 use carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. ↘(usu. be wasted on) expend on an unappreciative recipient: small talk was wasted on him. ↘fail to make full or good use of. 2》 (often waste away) become progressively weaker and… … English new terms dictionary
