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unwaste

unwaste verb: to not waste or reverse the wasting of (something).

Verb

unwaste (third-person singular simple present unwastes, present participle unwasting, simple past and past participle unwasted)

  1. (rare, transitive) To not waste or reverse the wasting of (something).
    • "Well, dear. It's wicked the stuff people waste, you know, and other people without. Reg unwastes it . . . yes, that's what he does. There's fine things in fine houses, and people dusting 'em every day, that Reg has unwasted.[…]"1985, Patricia Wrightson, Night Outside, page 41
    • “Trust me, I've been out with my fair share of not specials, and I don't have a time machine to unwaste my time.”2008, Christine Son, Off the Menu

Forms of unwaste

third-person singular presentunwastes
present participleunwasting
past participleunwasted
pastunwasted

Origin of unwaste

From un- + waste. Compare Middle English unwasten (“to not consume; to not waste away”).

Questions about unwaste

What does unwaste mean?
Unwaste means to not waste or reverse the wasting of (something).
What part of speech is unwaste?
Unwaste is a verb.
What is the past tense of unwaste?
The past tense of unwaste is unwasted.

Words near unwaste in the dictionary

  1. unwashedness
  2. unwashen
  3. unwashenness
  4. unwasht
  5. unwastable
  6. unwaste
  7. unwasteable
  8. unwasted
  9. unwasteful
  10. unwastefully
  11. unwasting

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