waste
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 4 rubbishdramhaíl fem3 cmu household waste dramhaíl tí, bruscar tí waste recycling athchúrsáil dramhaíola 8 discardedfuíoll- preffuíll gs as adj cmudramh- pref waste material fuíollábhar masc1 waste water fuíolluisce masc4 → wastes 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 → waste away Loading phrases and examples...
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