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Meaning of "wastery" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF WASTERY

ˈweɪstərɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WASTERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wastery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WASTERY

bistoury · blistery · blustery · consistory · evangelistary · faldistory · herstory · history · magistery · mastery · monastery · mystery · phrontistery · polyhistory · prehistory · protohistory · psychohistory · self-mastery · slaistery · upholstery

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WASTERY

wastebasket · wastebin · wasted · wasteful · wastefully · wastefulness · wastel · wasteland · wastelot · wasteness · wastepaper · wastepaper basket · wastepaper bin · waster · wasterfully · wasterfulness · wastes · wastewater · wasteway · wasteweir

WORDS THAT END LIKE WASTERY

adultery · allostery · artery · baptistery · battery · buttery · cemetery · coronary artery · dicastery · eatery · flustery · huckstery · lottery · murder mystery · phalanstery · plastery · poetastery · pottery · watery · whoremastery

Synonyms and antonyms of wastery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wastery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WASTERY

Find out the translation of wastery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of wastery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wastery» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

wastery
1,325 millions of speakers
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wastery
570 millions of speakers
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English

wastery
510 millions of speakers
hi

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wastery
380 millions of speakers
ar

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wastery
280 millions of speakers
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wastery
278 millions of speakers
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wastery
270 millions of speakers
bn

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wastery
260 millions of speakers
fr

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wastery
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Isteri
190 millions of speakers
de

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wastery
180 millions of speakers
ja

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wastery
130 millions of speakers
ko

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wastery
85 millions of speakers
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Wastery
85 millions of speakers
vi

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wastery
80 millions of speakers
ta

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wastery
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

खारट
75 millions of speakers
tr

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wastery
70 millions of speakers
it

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wastery
65 millions of speakers
pl

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wastery
50 millions of speakers
uk

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wastery
40 millions of speakers
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wastery
30 millions of speakers
el

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wastery
15 millions of speakers
af

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wastery
14 millions of speakers
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wastery
10 millions of speakers
no

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wastery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wastery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WASTERY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of wastery
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wastery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WASTERY»

Discover the use of wastery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wastery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fraser's Magazine
... preparation for a rainy day, until they have come to those years of discretion at which prudent people commonly insure their lives? And, second, this insurance is the great source of all that wastery and thoughtlessness that makes so many ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, 1830
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Fraser's Magazine
And, second, this insurance is the great source of all that wastery and thoughtlessness that makes so many be as the poor, while in the receipt of riches . I am not sure that the practice of making an insurance on a man's life is in itself otherwise ...
‎1830
3
The Amazing Illustrated Word Game Memory Books: Twenty-One ...
Twenty-One Central Five-Letter-Stems; the First Seven Frank H. Gaertner. / Vol. 2 , Set 1 Flashcards Story + 7-Letter Words in. WARSTLE - Wrestle WASTREL — One that wastes BRAWEST - Most splendid WASTERY - Wastry, extravagant ...
Frank H. Gaertner, 2010
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Rosamond Leicester; or, The true heroine, by H.A.H.
I've no more to give you unless I was to cut a new piece off the roll, and that would just be wastery, to tie up flowers." " No, no, it would not be wastery for Rosy ; so please give me a new bit, now do." He was victorious, and went with a radiant ...
H A. H, Rosamond Leicester (fict.name.), 1866
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
... until they have come to those years of discretion at which prudent people commonly insure their lives ? And, second, this insurance is the great source of all that wastery and thoughtlessness that makes so many be as the poor, while ...
‎1830
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A Dictionary of the Scottish Language
WASTERY, WASTRIE, s. l. Prodigality; wastefulness, S. Marriage. 2. What is wasted, Clydes. To WASTE WIND. To spend one's lungs in vain; to talk without serving any good purpose, S. WASTING, a. A consumption; a decline, S. Hunter': New ...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone, 1846
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
wastery,. »'. and. a. See. wastry. wastethrift! (wast'thrift),. n. [<. waste*. +. obj. thrift.] A. spendthrift. Thou art a wastethrift, and art run away from thy master that loved thee well. Beau, and FL, Knight of Burning Pestle, L 4. A wastethrift, a common ...
‎1911
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
2934. wastery, n. and a. See wastry. wastetnriftt (wast'tbrift), n. [< waste* + obj. thrift.] A spendthrift. Thou art a wastethrift, and art run away from thy master that loved thee well. Beau, and FL, Knight of Burning Pestle, i. 4. A wastethrift, a common ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
29M wastery, n. and a. See wastry. wastetnriftt (wast'thrift), «. [< waste* + obj. thrift .] A spendthrift. Thou art a wastethrift, and art run away from thy master that loved thee well. Beau, and Ft., Knight of Burning Pestle, L I. A wastethrift, a common ...
‎1911
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
18. (b) A neglected child; a street The veriest waifs and wastrel: of society. Huxley , Tech. Education. [Prov. Eng.] See absorbing-well, 1. Laying waste; 3. A profligate. wastry, wastery (was'tri, was'tér-i), n. [Also wastrie; ( waste + -rq (see wry).
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1900

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASTERY»

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韩国女白领的化妆白皮书
自然乐园的Ginseng Royal Silk Wastery Cream是品牌推出的高价商品系列,含有有益肌肤的6年根红参、95%黄金、蜂胶等天然珍贵营养成分,能够令肌肤健康且充满 ... «bntnews China, Mar 15»
2
VIDEO: Charlton broke out some world class time wasting against …
Genius chanting to accompany some top notch time wastery. Watt and teammate Jordan Cousins kept the ball out of Forest's possession for almost two and half ... «SportsJOE.ie, Mar 15»
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GAME Unveil Free 'Christmas Shopper Simulator' for PC and Mac
It's the final frontier of time-wastery, and all you have to do to get it is press that button.” “It's Christmassy, it's shoppery, It's simulatory and it's totally free. And not ... «n3rdabl3, Dec 14»
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To unfriend or not to unfriend: That is the Facebook question
... from that glorious realm of time-wastery. Seeing his face pop up among photos of Muriel's wedding and Marco's new kitten ain't gonna do much for your sanity. «CNN, Sep 10»
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