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Wastage, Waste and Wasteful
Wastage, Waste and Wasteful
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Wastage : noun : amount lost by being wasted
• Allow 100% extra material for wastage.
Natural Wastage = losing workers because they resign or retire, not because they are made redundant or are sacked
NOTE : no plural
Waste : noun : rubbish or things which are not used
• The company was fined for putting industrial waste into the river.
• It is a waste of time asking the chairman for a rise.
• That computer is a waste of money. There are plenty of cheaper models which would do the work just as well.
NOTE : no plural
Waste : adjective : not used
• Waste materials
• Cardboard is made from recycled waste paper.
Waste Paper Basket = container near an office desk into which pieces of rubbish can be put
Waste : verb : to use more than is needed
• To waste money or paper or electricity or time
• The MD does not like people wasting his time with minor details.
• We turned off all the heating so as not to waste energy.
Wasteful : adjective : something which wastes a lot of something
• This photocopier is very wasteful of paper.