waste

verbbriathar 1 squander time, effort, resource transitiveaistreachcuir amú cmudiomail verb cmu to waste time am a chur amú, bheith ag meilt ama you're wasting your money tá tú ag cur do chuid airgid amú it wastes electricity cuireann sé leictreachas amú advice is wasted on some people ní fiú comhairle a chur ar dhaoine áirithe her efforts were wasted saothar in aisce a bhí ann aici, níorbh fhiú a saothar éwaste not want notwaste one's breath 2 weaken, atrophy transitiveaistreachcnaígh verb cmusearg verb cmu the disease had wasted his muscles bhí a chuid matán seargtha ag an ngalarwaste away 3 informalneamhfhoirmeálta (especially USSAM) kill transitiveaistreachmaraigh verb cmu nounAinmfhocal 4 rubbishdramhaíl fem3 cmu household waste dramhaíl tí, bruscar tí waste recycling athchúrsáil dramhaíola 5 squanderingcur amú cmudiomailt fem2 cmu it's a waste of time cur amú ama atá ann, is am amú é what a waste of public money! ná bí ag caint ar airgead poiblí a chur amú! don't let the food go to waste ná cuir an bia amú, ná lig don bhia dul amú I couldn't let the opportunity go to waste ní fhéadfainn an deis a scaoileadh tharam, ní thiocfadh liom gan an deis a thapúbe a waste of space 6 faecescac masc3 cmusalachar masc1 cmu human waste cac duine, salachar duine 7 wastelandfásach masc1 cmulay waste to sth adjectiveaidiacht 8 discardedfuíoll- preffuíll gs as adj cmudramh- pref waste material fuíollábhar masc1 waste water fuíolluisce masc4 9 unused waste ground talamh gan saothrú, talamh bán SubformsSainfhoirmeacha → wastes PhrasesNathanna to be a waste of space informalneamhfhoirmeálta he's a waste of space scraiste ceart é, níl ann ach toirt gan tairbhe to lay waste to sth slad a dhéanamh ar rudrud a scriosadh waste not want not proverbseanfhocal ná bí caifeach is ní bheidh tú gann to waste your breath bheith ag cur do chuid cainte amúbheith ag caint leat féin Phrasal VerbsBriathra Frásacha→ waste away

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