wastwast /wɒst $ wɑːst/ 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINwast
CollocationsOrigin:
1500-1600 wasCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a wasted journey
Phrases (=one that did not achieve the result you wanted)· To avoid a wasted journey, ring first to check that the event is still on.
► a wasted/lost/missed opportunity (=one you do not use)· Many people see the failed talks as a missed opportunity for peace.
► a wasted trip (=a trip in which you do not achieve what you wanted to)· I’m afraid you’ve had a wasted trip. We don’t have those shoes in stock.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► away· It would be you responsibility to repair the pipe, or pay for all the water wasting away into your garden.· Victims lay wasting away, yet heavy in their immobility.· These strains are prone to wasting away, which has been assumed to be due to constitutional weakness.· The morning was wasting away and I was on a promise to deliver women for Simon down in Southwark.· Now she was literally wasting away, and his visits were still infrequent.
NOUN► breath· Was there any point in even wasting her breath trying to convince him?· Besides, something told her she'd be wasting her breath.
► life· It's heartbreaking to see him wasting his life away.· Without a plan you will end up going in circles and wasting your life away.· The whole world seems to be depressed, and in our need to escape, we are wasting our lives away.
► money· If you can not do this, the company is wasting its money on you.· Carroll said the military is needlessly wasting money on new weapons and too many overseas commitments, such as peacekeeping in Bosnia.· Otherwise you are wasting your money!· We told him he was wasting money.· These days, everyone wishes to avoid wasting money on sprays that may not be cost effective.· He was wasting her money as he handled these sketches.· You'd be wasting your money.· Even if we were wealthy, he saw no reason for wasting money.
► opportunity· They paid dearly for wasting goalscoring opportunities.
► time· As a result, I was often wasting my time during our first few flying sessions.· Sometimes the pirates would sink a boat out of spite for wasting their time.· Otherwise you're just wasting your time.· What was I doing wasting my time like this?· If you have to go back that far to find dirt you're wasting your time.· Wouldn't it seem strange that Henry Skipton should be wasting his time on the likes of her?· No wonder she made it clear to Shelley that she was wasting her time.· Journalists will not appreciate your wasting their time, however good the lunch.
VERB► think· I just think that you're wasting your time writing letters, making speeches, sending out all those pamphlets.· I still think you're wasting your time.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be wasted on somebody
thou wast old use you were- The irony of the situation was not wasted on me.
- At seventy-three, her days were too short to be wasted on slumber.
- Compassion could only lead to increased confusion, for it would be wasted on her.
- He explained this with his usual tact, but tact was wasted on Mrs. Bidwell.
- Her effort was wasted on me.
- I fear your quaint down-home speech is wasted on me, my friend.
- It also tends to be grown locally so that less fuel is wasted on transporting it.
- It must be a proper justification which shows that your time is not likely to be wasted on a low priority.
- Nor did this luxury stimulate local production: it was wasted on foreign imports which could never become productive at home.