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Hyphenation for “waste”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “waste”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "waste" because otherwise it would be too long and would no longer fit on one line. This separation not only saves space it improves the visually flow of the text. This word separation exists in most languages. In English, the word separation of “waste” is based on the speech syllables. The separating syllable in linguistics is therefore the smallest group of sounds in the natural flow of speech. As a separator, the classic hyphen is usually used: „waste“ ⟶ „waste“.

Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Various British and North American dictionaries use an interpunct, sometimes called a "middle dot" or "hyphenation point", for this purpose, as in syl·la·bi·fi·ca·tion. This allows the hyphen to be reserved only for places where a hard hyphen is intended (for example, self-con·scious, un·self-con·scious, long-stand·ing). Similarly, hyphens may be used to indicate how a word is being or should be spelled. For example, W-O-R-D spells "word".

Definitions of "waste"

waste >> weɪst

Definition: [verb] use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
Example: we can't afford to waste electricity

Synonyms of "waste"

squander | fritter away | misspend | misuse | spend recklessly | throw away | lavish | be wasteful with | dissipate | spend like water | throw around like confetti | go through | run through | exhaust | drain | deplete | burn up | use up | consume | blow | splurge |

Definition: [verb] (of a person or a part of the body) become progressively weaker and more emaciated.
Example: she was visibly wasting away

Synonyms of "waste"

grow weak | wither | atrophy | become emaciated | shrivel up | shrink | decay | decline | wilt | fade | flag | deteriorate | degenerate | rot | moulder | languish | be abandoned | be neglected | be forgotten | be disregarded |

Definition: [verb] devastate or ruin (a place).
Example: he seized their cattle and wasted their country

Synonyms of "waste"

Definition: [verb] (of time) pass away.
Example: the years were wasting

Synonyms of "waste"

Definition: [adjective] (of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process.
Example: ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly

Synonyms of "waste"

unwanted | excess | superfluous | left over | scrap | extra | unused | useless | worthless | unproductive | unusable | unprofitable |

Definition: [adjective] (of an area of land, typically an urban one) not used, cultivated, or built on.
Example: a patch of waste ground

Synonyms of "waste"

uncultivated | barren | desert | unproductive | infertile | unfruitful | arid | bare | desolate | solitary | lonely | empty | void | uninhabited | unpopulated | wild |

Definition: [noun] an act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
Example: it's a waste of time trying to argue with him

Synonyms of "waste"

squandering | dissipation | frittering away | misspending | misuse | misapplication | misemployment | abuse | prodigality | extravagance | wastefulness | lavishness | unthriftiness |

Definition: [noun] unwanted or unusable material, substances, or by-products.
Example: nuclear waste

Synonyms of "waste"

refuse | litter | debris | dross | junk | detritus | scrap | dregs | leavings | remains | scraps | offscourings | sewage | effluent | effluvium | rubbish | garbage | trash |

Definition: [noun] a large area of barren, typically uninhabited land.
Example: the icy wastes of the Antarctic

Synonyms of "waste"

desert | wasteland | wilderness | barrenness | emptiness | vastness | wilds |

Definition: [noun] damage to an estate caused by an act or by neglect, especially by a life tenant.

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