A wasting disease is one which makes you gradually become thinner and weaker.
wasting in British English
(ˈweɪstɪŋ)
adjective
(prenominal)
reducing the vitality, strength, or robustness of the body
a wasting disease
Derived forms
wastingly (ˈwastingly)
adverb
wasting in American English
(ˈweɪstɪŋ)
adjective
1.
desolating; destructive
a wasting war
2.
destructive to health
wasting disease
Derived forms
wastingly (ˈwastingly)
adverb
More idioms containing
wasting
someone is wasting their breath
Examples of 'wasting' in a sentence
wasting
Wine is sometimes classed as a wasting asset.
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The average worker spends about two hours a day wasting time.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The accepted theory is that courage is a wasting asset.
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She died of a wasting disease shortly afterwards.
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Is it time umpires were given the power to cut out time wasting?
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Perhaps inhuman accuracy is a wasting asset.
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He tells us about a woman who ends up with a terminal wasting disease.
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Football matches are spoilt by time wasting.
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He is permanently confined to a wheelchair because of a wasting disease.
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Can be used to combat wasting diseases such as muscular dystrophy.
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There are no answers to these questions and there is no point wasting time and energy asking them.
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Those who prefer to work from offices often choose to establish them close to home to avoid wasting time commuting?
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Can't we find somebody with a wasting disease.
The Sun (2007)
There is no point wasting time moaning about this but put your energies into finding a way around it and solving the problem.
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The couple were each jailed for nine months on Friday after admitting wasting police time.
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So after all that time wasting, perhaps you need a holiday?
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In a plea bargain, he was given a conditional discharge after admitting wasting police time last year.
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I think perhaps it is time to stop wasting money.
The Sun (2014)
A plaintiff with a serious grievance will send a writ without wasting time posturing first.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
With a voice weakened by the wasting disease, the former plumber recalls how he first sensed something was wrong.
The Sun (2010)
Wine is sometimes - but not always - classed as a wasting asset.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
If an asset has a predicted life of less than 50 years it is known as a wasting asset and is exempt from CGT.
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All related terms of 'wasting'
waste
If you waste something such as time, money, or energy, you use too much of it doing something that is not important or necessary , or is unlikely to succeed .
time-wasting
causing someone to spend time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit
wasting asset
an unreplaceable business asset of limited life, such as a coal mine or an oil well
chronic wasting disease
a disease found among members of the deer family, a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
waste away
If someone wastes away , they become extremely thin or weak because they are ill or worried and they are not eating properly.
someone is wasting their breath
said to mean that there is no point in someone continuing with what they are saying , because it will not have any effect