wasting
verbadjectivenouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈweɪstɪŋ//
Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
verb
- 1
Also a form of wastepresent participle and gerund of waste
adjective
- 1
Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
noun
- 1
Gradual deterioration or wasting away.
muscular wastings
- 2
The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.
Forms
- plural
- wastings
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wasting · Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
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