The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WASTE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Use unwisely crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WASTE | 100 % | 5 |
Why may WASTE be the right solution?
"WASTE" fits the clue "Use unwisely" because when you waste something, you are using it in a careless or unwise manner, causing it to be used inefficiently or ineffectively.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Use unwisely
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- waste
- misspend
- dissipate
- blow
- fool
- fooling
- shoot
- foolishly
- tamper
- tampering
- fool away
- fritter
Crossword Answer definitions
WASTE noun- Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- Excrement or urine.
- A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A vast expanse of water.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- Gradual loss or decay.
- A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
- Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste"
- A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- Uncultivated, uninhabited.
- Barren; desert.
- Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
- Superfluous; needless.
- Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
- Unfortunate; disappointing.
- To devastate, destroy
- To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
- To kill; to murder.
- To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
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