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)

To remain unused; not to fulfill its purpose.

Translations

Finnish: mennä hukkaan
Hungarian: veszendőbe megy (hu)
Polish: marnować (pl) impf, zmarnować (pl) pf
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.

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