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Expend Needlessly Crossword Clue

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noun

• any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

• the trait of wasting resources

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

adjective satellite

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

verb

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• use inefficiently or inappropriately

• dispose of

• run off as waste

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• spend extravagantly

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

• cause to grow thin or weak

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• become physically weaker

28%13Needlessly
adverb

• in a superfluous manner

28%4Needlessly
adverb

• wildly; without self-control

• in a murderous frenzy

adjective satellite

• wildly frenzied and out of control

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New York Times13 Jul 1990 Down 27
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