Wasting — synonyms, wasting antonyms, definition

1. wasting (Noun)

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wasting (Noun) — Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.

wasting (Noun) — A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse.

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amyotrophia amyotrophy kraurosis tabes

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conserving

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wasting (Verb) — Spend thoughtlessly; throw away. ex. "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"

wasting (Verb) — Use inefficiently or inappropriately. ex. "waste heat" ex. "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"

wasting (Verb) — Get rid of. ex. "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"

wasting (Verb) — Run off as waste. ex. "The water wastes back into the ocean"

wasting (Verb) — Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing. ex. "the double agent was wasted"

wasting (Verb) — Spend extravagantly. ex. "waste not, want not"

wasting (Verb) — Lose vigour, health, or flesh, as through grief.

wasting (Verb) — Cause to grow thin or weak. ex. "The treatment wasted him"

wasting (Verb) — Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly. ex. "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

wasting (Verb) — Become physically weaker. ex. "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"

wasting (Verb) — Second person singular past form of be. ex. "Neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee"

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