wasting
Americanadjective
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gradually reducing the fullness and strength of the body.
a wasting disease.
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laying waste; devastating; despoiling.
the ravages of a wasting war.
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonwasting adjective
- wastingly adverb
- wastingness noun
Etymology
Origin of wasting
Example Sentences
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Mom’s smile would disappear and she’d complain that he was wasting money on silly, impossible games, and he’d tell her she was being a control freak and that “our smiles were worth the money.”
From Literature
“I can focus my energy on myself and what I need to do to be successful, instead of wasting my energy trying to hide something.”
When Barry Lloyd started spending his spare cash on Pokemon cards 30 years ago, people told him he was mad, and that he was wasting his money.
From BBC
Leading 1-0 during the second half, Wales had chances to extend their advantage but, after wasting those, they squandered their hold on the match.
From BBC
Greer said the "new order" would involve agreements between smaller groups of countries, rather than "wasting years and even decades to agree on a lowest-common denominator".
From Barron's
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