Use inefficiently, as time
The crossword clue "Use inefficiently, as time" is answered by WASTE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
WASTE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WASTE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WASTE
Every other clue in this collection answered by WASTE, most used first.
- Squander - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
- Fritter away - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Refuse - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Trash - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Spend foolishly - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- "Haste makes __" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Garbage - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- "___ not, want not" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Use unwisely - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Scrap - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- What haste makes - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Be of use - AVAIL, used 176 times
- One more time - AGAIN, used 115 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- Use a divining rod - DOWSE, used 105 times
- ___ a time - ONEAT, used 91 times
- Be of use to - AVAIL, used 79 times
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