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wasting

verbadjectivenouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈweɪstɪŋ//

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

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of wastepresent participle and gerund of waste

adjective

  1. 1

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

noun

  1. 1

    Gradual deterioration or wasting away.

    muscular wastings

  2. 2

    The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

Forms

plural
wastings
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