waste
verb (used with object)
to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander.
will waste
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future tenseof waste.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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"The sooner the decision is made, the less time we will waste moving on to the next phase," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
Some of those system upgrades are already underway, meaning cutting the funding now will waste past investments, in addition to increasing the likelihood of system failures during emergencies, the spokeswoman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
"The enterprising if occasionally manic neighbor who will waste no opportunity to share an educational footnote."
From Salon ● May 16, 2023
“If Nirapon remains unable to operate free from external pressure, the investments of the Bangladesh government and the industry itself will waste away,” said Moushoumi Khan, Nirapon’s chief executive.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2020
“It is a great deal, but I have counted carefully and I will waste no penny of it. I shall make the cloth dealer give me the last inch to the foot.”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
