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wastage

[ wey-stij ]

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noun

loss by use, wear, decay, etc.
loss or losses as the result of wastefulness:
The annual wastage of time due to illness is appalling.
the action or process of wasting: waste:
the steady wastage of erosion.
something that is wasted; waste; waste or waste materials:
The river was befouled by factory wastage.

wastage

/ ˈweɪstɪdʒ /

noun

anything lost by wear or waste
the process of wasting
reduction in size of a workforce by retirement, voluntary resignation, etc (esp in the phrase natural wastage )

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Usage

Waste and wastage are to some extent interchangeable, but many people think that wastage should not be used to refer to loss resulting from human carelessness, inefficiency, etc: a waste (not a wastage ) of time/money/effort etc

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Word History and Origins

Origin of wastage¹

First recorded in 1750–60; waste + -age

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Example Sentences

This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.

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Seen in this light, infant mortality and the cruel wastage of disease were viewed with complacence.

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And America continued rich and fat until the World War wastage shrank her to skin and bones again.

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Every hour of youth is precious and this wastage is unspeakably expensive.

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We have finished what we have to say about the use of food for the repair of bodily wastage.

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