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Wasting

verb
/ˈweɪstɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 3.4

Definitions

1.verbTo devastate, destroy
2.verbTo squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
"We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project."
3.verbTo kill; to murder.
4.verbTo wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
5.verbGradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
6.verbTo be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
7.verbTo damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
8.nounGradual deterioration or wasting away.
"muscular wastings"
9.nounThe act by which something is laid waste; destruction.
10.adjectiveCausing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.

Synonyms

cackduppytopatrophywasting awayspoilageemaciationdebilitatingwastageruiningdesolationloss

Rhymes With

lambastingbastingpastingtastingface stunghastingspray stungwaist hung
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