wasting

[ wey-sting ]

adjective

1. gradually reducing the fullness and strength of the body:

   a wasting disease.

2. laying waste; devastating; despoiling:

   the ravages of a wasting war.

noun

1. Geology. mass wasting.

wasting

/ ˈweɪstɪŋ /

adjective

1. prenominal reducing the vitality, strength, or robustness of the body

   a wasting disease

Derived Forms

• ˈwastingly, adverb

Other Words From

• wasting·ly adverb
• wasting·ness noun
• non·wasting adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of wasting¹

1200–50; Middle English; waste, -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Philp called for it to be widened to cover when police should deal with these incidents at all, to create "quite a high bar" and to avoid "wasting" their time and resources.

From BBC

After wasting no time in naming a number of right-wing loyalists to his cabinet, President-elect Donald Trump is still debating who will be his Treasury Secretary, The New York Times reported Sunday.

From Salon

The food comes from places such as supermarkets or the catering industry - and rather than wasting good quality unsold food, it is used to help those facing food poverty.

From BBC

It's not about boycotting men in order to change them so much as no longer wasting time on men at all.

From Salon

"They would wasting time sitting in traffic trying to get to an office just to log on to teams or zoom meeting with colleagues in an office many miles away."

From BBC

Related Words

• blight
• corrosion
• decomposition
• degeneration
• deterioration
• disintegration
• disrepair
• extinction
• impairment
• rot