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went to waste

went to waste is the simple past of go to waste.

Meaning of go to waste

Verb

go to waste (third-person singular simple present goes to waste, present participle going to waste, simple past went to waste, past participle gone to waste)

  1. To remain unused; not to fulfill its purpose.
    • Every year it is painfully apparent that fully two-thirds of our fruits and tons of vegetables go to waste.1912, George Washington Carver, The Canning and Preserving of Fruits and Vegetables in the Home

Questions about went to waste

What is went to waste the simple past of?
Went to waste is the simple past of go to waste.

Words near went to waste in the dictionary

  1. went to the washroom
  2. went to the well
  3. went to town
  4. went to town on
  5. went to war
  6. went to waste
  7. went to water
  8. went to work
  9. went together
  10. went toilet
  11. went too far

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