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[ wey-sting ] / ˈweɪ stɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wasting ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivegradually reducing the fullness and strength of the body: a wasting disease. laying waste; devastating; despoiling: the ravages of a wasting war. Origin of wasting1200–50; Middle English; see waste, -ing2, -ing1 OTHER WORDS FROM wastingwast·ing·ly, adverbwast·ing·ness, nounnon·wast·ing, adjective, nounWords nearby wastingwaste product, waster, wastewater, wasteweir, waste well, wasting, wasting asset, wastrel, Wast Water, wat, watap Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wastingShe was once quoted as saying that she wanted to help all women who “are not wasting life being a housekeeper.” Meet 'The Queen of Thieves' Marm Mandelbaum, New York City's First Mob Boss|J. North Conway|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Once you raised it, a massed army was wasting away, whether it fought or not, or whether it advanced, retreated, or stood still. Why the U.S. Army Is Stuck in the 19th Century|Bill Sweetman|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Wasting no time, the two of them clambered onto the desk, pushing aside the flag of the Soviet Union that covered it. Fifty Shades of Presidential FanFiction|Amy Zimmerman|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Drug companies are wasting millions of dollars in research on “female Viagra.” Why There Will Never Be a Female Viagra|Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was dreading that moment, because there I was thinking I was wasting all of my money and I would have no more savings. Meet Justin Jedlica, the Real Life Ken Doll|Erin Cunningham|April 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST "I fear you are wasting your time, gentlemen," said Grell, stretching himself wearily. The Grell Mystery|Frank Froest By means like these the Faculty try to prevent the wasting of time over unprofitable studies. The Teacher|George Herbert Palmer However, there is no use in wasting words, and an hour will suffice me to get ready in. The Mistress of Bonaventure|Harold Bindloss What the deuce did he come running down here for, wasting his time and my money. Mary Seaham, Volume 2 of 3|Elizabeth Caroline Grey Do you see that sluggard, wasting this beautiful day in a lazy brouette? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867|Various
British Dictionary definitions for wasting
adjective(prenominal) reducing the vitality, strength, or robustness of the bodya wasting disease Derived forms of wastingwastingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to wastingblow, exhaust, drain, consume, lavish, deplete, dissipate, lose, misuse, divert, undermine, squander, reduce, spoil, ebb, wane, debilitate, crumble, enfeeble, decrease Medical definitions for wasting
adj.Gradually deteriorating; declining. Sapping the strength or substance of the body, as a disease; emaciating. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |