run to waste

verb

To become incapable or useless.

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Meanings

verbrun to waste (third-person singular simple present runs to waste, present participle running to waste, simple past ran to waste, past participle run to waste)

present singular third person runs to waste · participle present running to waste · past ran to waste

  1. To become incapable or useless.
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “run to waste,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20to%20waste.

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