Term: waste: useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
Candidate hypernym: activity: any specific behavior → 1
Candidate hypernym: life: a characteristic state or mode of living → 0
Candidate hypernym: blade: especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole → 0
Candidate hypernym: disyllable: a word having two syllables → 0
Candidate hypernym: handset: telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle → 0
Candidate hypernym: security: property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation → 0
Candidate hypernym: morganite: a kind of pink beryl used as a gemstone → 0
Candidate hypernym: iproclozide: an antidepressant drug that acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor → 0
Candidate hypernym: borstal: formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison → 0
Candidate hypernym: pure absence: an absence seizure without other complications; followed by 3-per-sec brainwave spikes → 0
Candidate hypernym: dibranchiata: comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish) → 0