wasting

Pluralwastings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of waste. Use this form for an action happening now or as a noun.

   He is wasting his money on toys he never plays with.

   You are wasting time if you keep arguing about it.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Causing the body to slowly lose strength and a lot of weight.

   Like a candle slowly burning down until little is left.

   The old dog had a wasting illness that made it very thin.

   Doctors feared a wasting sickness was spreading through the village.

   Similardebilitating, degenerative

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3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A slow weakening and breaking down of the body or material over time.

   Like an apple slowly going soft and shrinking in a bowl.

   After the long sickness, the wasting of his body was clear to see.

   Cold storage slowed the wasting of the stored fruit.

   Similaratrophy, deterioration, decline, decay, emaciation

   Oppositegrowth, strengthening

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   The act of destroying a place and leaving it in ruins.

   Like a fire sweeping through a field and burning everything down.

   The wasting of the town left nothing but broken walls.

   Years of fighting caused the wasting of the farmland.

   Similardevastation, destruction, ravaging, despoliation

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