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Wasting

//ˈweɪstɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    Gradual deterioration or wasting away. countable, uncountable

    "muscular wastings"

  2. 2
    a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse wordnet
  3. 3
    The act by which something is laid waste; destruction. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of waste form-of, gerund, participle, present

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