go to waste

Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Bakery products often go to waste in schools and households in Slovakia. Source: Internet

Before 2009, when Feeding America’s network of 200 food banks established the National Produce Program strategy, few food banks had a produce plan in place, leaving billions of pounds of edible fresh food to go to waste. Source: Internet

Abesamis said many of the eggs produced in Luzon go to waste due to the existing ban, with suppliers forced to lower prices of medium-sized eggs to P1.50 each from P4.50. Source: Internet

Don’t you dare let it go to waste. Source: Internet

And we didn’t want it to go to waste. Source: Internet

But now that many governments, businesses, and other organizations are embracing the spirit of never letting a crisis go to waste, one hopes that the IFPMA’s new initiative will not be the last. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

go to town on go to tunbridge go to war go to water go to work go to your room early