wasting

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wasting

  1. present participle and gerund of waste

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wasting (not comparable)

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

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Noun

wasting (countable and uncountable, plural wastings)

  1. Gradual deterioration or wasting away.
    muscular wastings
  2. The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

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