how to pronounce wastewater

/ˈwɛɪstˌwɔːtɚ/

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wastewater is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of wastewater in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… appreciation of the wastewater system I …”

meanings of wastewater

noun:

Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now contains waste products.

wastewater frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word wastewater occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.