unwaste

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verb

To not waste or reverse the wasting of (something).

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Meanings

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

present singular third person unwastes · participle present unwasting · participle past unwasted · past unwasted

  1. raretransitiveTo not waste or reverse the wasting of (something).

    “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
    1 more example

    "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

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

unwaste. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwaste

MLA

“unwaste.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwaste. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unwaste,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwaste.

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