wasting
[ wey-sting ]
adjective
gradually reducing the fullness and strength of the body: a wasting disease.
laying waste; devastating; despoiling: the ravages of a wasting war.
noun
Geology. mass wasting.
Origin of wasting
1Other words from wasting
- wast·ing·ly, adverb
- wast·ing·ness, noun
- non·wast·ing, adjective, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for wasting
wasting
/ (ˈweɪstɪŋ) /
adjective
(prenominal) reducing the vitality, strength, or robustness of the body: a wasting disease
Derived forms of wasting
- wastingly, adverb
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