Waste
Verbs
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spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust
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impoverish
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spill, drain, empty
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disperse etc. Nonassemblage. Dispersion. cast away, fool away, muddle away, throw away, fling away, fritter away
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burn the candle at both ends, waste
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squander etc. Prodigality. waste its sweetness on the desert air" [Gray]
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cast one's bread upon the waters, cast pearls before swine
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employ a steam engine to crack a nut, waste powder and shot, break a butterfly on a wheel
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labor in vain etc. (useless) Inutility
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cut blocks with a razor, pour water into a sieve. leak etc. (run out) [Motion out of.] Egress
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run to waste
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ebb
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melt away, run dry, dry up.
Adjectives
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wasted etc. v.
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at a low ebb. wasteful etc. (prodigal) Prodigality
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penny wise and pound foolish.
Phrases
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idly busy rolls their world away" [Goldsmith].