Canadian English Meaning of wasting

wasting

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Definitions and Meaning of wasting in English

Wordnet

wasting (n)

any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

Webster

wasting (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Waste

Webster

wasting (a.)

Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.

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wasting

any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease, a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease

dissipating,frittering,prodigal,profligate,Spendthrift,squandering,Wasteful,benevolent,compassionate,hospitable

careful,cheap,chintzy,close,economical,mean,miserly,stingy, tight-fisted,parsimonious,penniless

waste-yard => waste-yard, wasteyard => waste dump, wasteweir => waste weir, wastewater => wastewater, wastethrift => wastrel,