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 Definitions of wasting  [ˈweɪ stɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'wasting' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) wasting
gradually reducing the fullness and strength of the body:
a wasting disease.

2.  wasting
laying waste; devastating:
a wasting war.

Etymology:  (1200–50)

Definition of 'wasting' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) cachexia, cachexy, wasting
any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

2. (noun) atrophy, wasting, wasting away
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse


Definition of 'wasting' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) wasting
causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune

2.  wasting
of Waste



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