| blunder | ~ away, mensia-siakan: his predecessor had ~ed away the company’s profits, orang yg terdahulu daripadanya telah mensia-siakan keuntungan syarikat itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| nonsense | make ~ of, mensia-siakan: his laxity makes ~ of my attempts to discipline the children, sikapnya yg terlalu lembut mensia-siakan usaha saya utk mendisiplinkan budak-budak itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| misspend | vt misuse, waste, (time, energy) mensia-siakan, membazirkan; (money etc) membazirkan; (life, youth, talent, etc) mensia-siakan: he misspent his large inheritance on trivial pleasures, dia membazirkan harta yg diwarisinya | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| negate | vt (fml) 1. nullify, make ineffective, mensia-siakan: lack of cooperation from the private sector could ~ government efforts to promote tourism, kurangnya kerjasama drpd sektor swasta boleh mensia-siakan usaha kerajaan utk memajukan pelancongan; 2. disprove, deny, menyangkal, menidakkan: laboratory tests ~d this theory, ujian makmal menyangkal teori ini. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| squander | 2. use up (other resources) wastefully, membazirkan; (talent, affection, opportunity) mensia-siakan: the chief executive cannot be expected to ~ his time in attending to such unimportant details, kita tdk boleh mengharapkan ketua eksekutif membazirkan waktunya mengurus hal-hal yg remeh begitu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| idle | ~ st away, menyia-nyiakan sst: don’t ~ away your time at university, jangan mensia-siakan waktu di universiti. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| squander | a fine artist who is ~ing his talents in an advertising firm, pelukis yg baik yg mensia-siakan bakatnya dgn bekerja di syarikat pengiklanan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| throw | ~ st away, a. discard st, membuang sst: he threw away the cigarette, dia membuang rokok itu; b. waste st, /mensia-siakan, menyia-nyiakan/ sst: this is your last chance, don’t ~ it away, ini peluang anda yg terak | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| abuse | vt 1. misuse, a. (power, privilege, etc) menyalahgunakan: to ~ o’s authority, menyalahgunakan kuasa sso; b. (trust, confidence, etc) mensia-siakan; 2. revil, mencaci maki, memaki-maki: he often ~s his wife, dia sering mencaci maki isterinya; 3. maltreat, mendera, menganiayai: the court found that the child had been ~d on three occasions, mahkamah mendapati kanak-kanak itu telah didera tiga kali. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| abuse | n 1. misuse, a. (of power, privilege, etc) penyalahgunaan, (perbuatan) menyalahgunakan: ~ of power, penyalahgunaan kuasa; b. (of trust, confidence, etc) pensia-siaan, (perbuatan) mensia-siakan; 2. wrong, corrupt practice, amalan yg salah: to put a stop to ~s, menghentikan amalan-amalan yg salah; 3. maltreatment, penganiayaan: child ~, penganiayaan kanak-kanak; 4. insulting, coarse speech, caci maki, (kata-kata) makian: to hurl ~ at so., melemparkan caci maki kpd sso; term of ~, kata makian; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |