مَضِيعَةٌ

and مَضْيَعَةٌ i. q. ضَيَاعٌ [a verbal noun of 1, q. v.]. (Mgh, O, Msb, K.) So in the saying, تَرَكَ عِيَالَهُ بِمَضِيعَةٍ or بِمَضْيَعَةٍ [He left his family, or household, in a state of perishing, &c.]. (Mgh.) So too in the saying, السَّارِقُ لَا يُقْطَعُ فِى مَالٍ بِمَضِيعَةٍ [The thief shall not suffer amputation of his hand in the case of his stealing property in a neglected state]. (Mgh.) And so in the saying, هُوَ بِدَارِ مَضِيعَةٍ (S, * O, K) and مَضْيَعَةٍ (O, K) [He is in a place (lit. an abode) of perdition, &c.]: or as meaning in this saying, abandonment, and ignominy. (TA.) And هُوَ مُقِيمٌ بِدَارِ مَضِيعَةٍ or مَضْيَعَةٍ means [He is dwelling in the abode of indolence; or] his characteristic in his affairs is indolence. (Msb.)

Also, [or perhaps the latter only, as meaning A cause of perishing &c., this latter being apparently of the class of مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ &c.,] A desert, or waterless desert, that is cut off [from inhabited regions]: or, as explained by IJ, a place in which a man perishes, or is lost. (Msb.)