Definitions for wastingˈweɪ stɪŋ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
wast•ingˈweɪ stɪŋ(adj.)
gradually reducing the fullness and strength of the body:
a wasting disease.
laying waste; devastating:
a wasting war.
Origin of wasting:
1200–50
wast′ing•ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
cachexia, cachexy, wasting(noun)
any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
atrophy, wasting, wasting away(noun)
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
Wiktionary
wasting(Adjective)
Referring to something that cause a waste, particularly a wasting disease which causes pronounced loss of body mass.
Webster Dictionary
Wasting(u)
of Waste
Wasting(adj)
causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune
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