wasting

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of waste

Adj

Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Gradual deterioration or wasting away.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

waste

• Noun
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• Adj
• Verb

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Synonyms

squandering

waste

atrophy

cachexia

cachexy

perishing

extravagance

wasting away

decaying

wearisome

declining

spoiling

devastating

emaciation

exhausting

fading away

gruelling

lavishment

lessening

maceration

prodigality

ruinous

spoiler

wastage

wastefulness

wearer

withering

consuming

back-breaking

corrosive

decay

decayed

decline

decrease

deleterious

destroying

Translations

atrophie

gaspillage

verschwendend

verspilling

verwüstend

atrofia

cachexie

atrofia

malbaratament

atròfia

مخلفات

Atrophie

Gewebsschwund

ασωτεία

Verschwendung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈweɪstɪŋ/