Waste
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ROT
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

4 letters

WARE
Commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products"

DOIN
Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"

SLAG
The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

LOSE
Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"

WILD
A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"

BLOW
A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"

SLOP
Writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental

5 letters

OFFAL
Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans

SWEAT
Use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"

TRASH
Dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"

SPILL
A sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"

ORONO
A university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River to the north of Bangor

DROSS
The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

SCRAP
A small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left"

6 letters

DEBRIS
The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

BARREN
Providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"

SEWAGE
Waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

RUBOUT
Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

RUNOFF
A final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner

RAVAGE
(usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"

REFUSE
Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

7 letters

GARBAGE
A worthless message

ATROPHY
Any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)

DESTROY
Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

DISCARD
Getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable

RUBBISH
Nonsensical talk or writing

SCOURGE
A whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

CONSUME
Engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"

FRITTER
Small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables

8 letters

SQUANDER
Spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"

SNUFFOUT
Put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

DESOLATE
Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

EMACIATE
Cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"

MACERATE
Cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"

LANGUISH
Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

PINEAWAY
Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

KNOCKOFF
Stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"

DETRITUS
The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

9 letters

LIQUIDATE
Eliminate by paying off (debts)

DEVASTATE
Overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

ELIMINATE
Eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

WASTELAND
An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"

10 letters

LAYWASTETO
Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

NEUTRALISE
Make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution"

NEUTRALIZE
Make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution"

PROFLIGACY
The trait of spending extravagantly

11 letters

GODFORSAKEN
Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"

DISSIPATION
Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"

WASTEMATTER
Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"

FRITTERAWAY
Spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"

12 letters

WASTEPRODUCT
Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"

WASTEFULNESS
Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"

EXTRAVAGANCE
The trait of spending extravagantly

UNPRODUCTIVE
Not producing desired results; "the talks between labor and management were unproductive"

13 letters

WASTEMATERIAL
Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"

14 letters

THRIFTLESSNESS
The trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"

15 letters

PERMISSIVEWASTE
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect