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wastage

[ wey-stij ]

noun

  1. loss by use, wear, decay, etc.
  2. loss or losses as the result of wastefulness:

    The annual wastage of time due to illness is appalling.

  3. the action or process of wasting: waste:

    the steady wastage of erosion.

  4. something that is wasted; waste; waste or waste materials:

    The river was befouled by factory wastage.



wastage

/ ˈweɪstɪdʒ /

noun

  1. anything lost by wear or waste
  2. the process of wasting
  3. 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

The country is swimming in vaccines—so much so, in fact, that experts are warning it may lead to more wastage as supply begins to significantly outstrip demand.

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One of them has been the wastage of vaccine doses in transport, storage, or in clinic.

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While there is no centralized database of vaccine wastage rates globally, some countries collect the data piecemeal, and major wastage events are sometimes reported in local news outlets.

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The federal Vaccines for Children program, which provides kids with shots regardless of their family’s ability to pay, has an expected wastage rate of 5%, she says.

In Indiana, where hospitals have told the media about discarding some shots, the state Health Department said it requires wastage to be reported but wasn’t able to tell ProPublica how many doses have been tossed statewide.

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

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

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

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

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

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