go to waste en · VERB
Meanings
-
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gone to waste | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| goes to waste | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| went to waste | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| going to waste | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
pl zmarnować (Translations) · hu veszendőbe megy (Translations) · es desperdiciar (Translations) · pt desperdiçar (Translations) · es echar a perder (Translations) · sv gå till spillo (Translations) · fi mennä hukkaan (Translations) · pl marnować (Translations)