His parents' view was that he was wasting his earnings on a silly girl.
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Wasting
//ˈweɪstɪŋ//
Synonyms for "wasting" (200 found)
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Strong matches (60)
crumblingcyanosisdeadlydebilitationdebilitydecadentdecliningdecrepitudedegeneratedelicacydelicate healthdemolishingdemolitionarydepredatorydesolatingdestroyingdestructivedeterioratingdevastatingdiarrhea
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disastrousdisintegratingdizzinessdoomfuldotingdrainingdroopingdropsydryingdrying updwindlingdysenterydyspepsiadyspneaebbingedemaeffeteemacerationemaciationenervationexhaustionfadingfailingfaintingfallingfatalfatefulfatiguefeeblenessfeverfibrillationflaggingfluxfragilityfragmentingfrailtyfratricidalgetting ongoing to pieces
Noun(1 words)
Related words (100)
growing oldgrowthhealthlessnesshemorrhagehigh blood pressurehydropshypertensionhypochondriahypochondriasishypotensionicterusill healthill-healthindigestioninfirmityinflammationinsomniainternecineinvalidisminvalidity
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itchingjaundicelabored breathinglanguishinglanguishmentlosslow blood pressurelumbagomarasmusmarcescentmorbiditymorbidnessnasal dischargenauseanecrosisnihilistnihilisticpainparalysisparchingpeakednesspiningpoor healthpreshrinkagepruritusrashravagingregressiveremovalretrograderetrogressiverheumruiningruinoussanforizingsclerosissearingseizureself-destructivesenescentshockshrinkageshrinkingshrivelingsicklinesssinkingskin eruptionslidingslippingslumpingsneezingsorespasmstagnationsubsidingsubversionarysubversivesuicidaltabestabetictachycardiathinningtumorunhealthinessunsoundnessunwholesomenessupset stomachvaletudinarianismvandalicvandalishvandalisticvertigovomitingwaningwastefulweaklinesswiltingwitheringworsening
Noun(1 words)
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6 translations across 2 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- опустошителен adj (Translations)
Māori
4 entries- haurakiraki adj (Translations)
- korokiwa adj (Translations)
- haurakiraki noun (deterioration of the body due to the effects of disease)
- horokiwa noun (deterioration of the body due to the effects of disease)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
It's time that you stopped wasting your youth on idle pastimes.
Source: tatoeba (34199)
No wonder he failed the exam, after wasting so much time like that.
Source: tatoeba (72072)
He makes a religion of never wasting a penny.
Source: tatoeba (73103)
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