Meaning & Definition of Wasting in English
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Wasting
/westɪŋ/
noun
1. Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
synonym:
- cachexia,
- cachexy,
- wasting
2. A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
synonym:
- atrophy,
- wasting,
- wasting away
Examples of using
You're wasting our time.
You are wasting your time.
On the inquest it was shown that Buck Fanshaw, in the delirium of a wasting typhoid fever, had taken arsenic, shot himself through the body, cut his throat, and jumped out of a four-story window and broken his neck—and after due deliberation, the jury, sad and tearful, but with intelligence unblinded by its sorrow, brought in a verdict of death "by the visitation of God." What could the world do without juries?