Wasting

[Wast·ing]

Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

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Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.

Noun
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

Noun
any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Waste

a.
Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.


Wasting

Wast"ing, a. Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune. Wasting palsy (Med.), progressive muscular atrophy. See under Progressive.

Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.

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Usage Examples

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.

I admit to wasting my life messing around with fast cars and motorcycles.

I'm so an all-or-nothing person in dating, always. I'm big on not wasting time. And so, yeah, if something's not working, it's time to not hold people back.

If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.

I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.

I am in love - and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can happen to a man. I tell you, find a woman you can fall in love with. Do it. Let yourself fall in love. If you have not done so already, you are wasting your life.

I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time. You don't have to fry them again after all.

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises. Our political system promotes nepotism and wasting money. This has undermined our legal system and confidence in the functioning of the state. One of the consequences is that many citizens don't pay their taxes.

I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain.

That first year at Universal was a big blur and, naturally, I thought they were wasting me. I didn't realize at the time that I was learning my craft and acting more easily in front of the camera.

I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.

It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients.

It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some of his artists, but acting out the smallest details, and of how few they were who were responsive to his wishes.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

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