(property law) Any structural change made to an estate in land that intentionally or negligently causes harm to the estate or depletes its resources, unless this depletion is a continuation of a pre-existing use.

(law) The legally compensable destruction of the value of property through the failure of a life tenant to maintain the property to the point where it falls into disrepair.

(idiomatic) To speak in a manner which is needless or futile; in discussion or argument to make points which are not appreciated or heeded.

simple past tense and past participle of waste time

An utterly worthless person, one unworthy of the space which they occupy.

The more or less radioactive waste produced by nuclear reactors and others.

(idiomatic) To lose energy and/or become weak and feeble.

a pipe that carries off liquid waste; a drain or drainpipe

plural of waste product

(transitive) To completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.