go to waste

English

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.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: mennä hukkaan
• Hungarian: veszendőbe megy (hu)
• Polish: marnować (pl) impf, zmarnować (pl) pf
• Portuguese: desperdiçar (pt)
• Spanish: desperdiciar (es), echar a perder (es)
• Swedish: gå till spillo (sv)

References

• “go to waste” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “go to waste”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “go to waste”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.