Cryptic crossword clue
Fried food is wasteful 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word FRITTERS

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What does FRITTERS mean?

FRITTERS noun
  1. A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.
  2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
FRITTERS verb
  1. (often with about, around, or away) To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.
  2. To sinter.
  3. To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.
  4. To break into small pieces or fragments.

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