Synonyms for wasting
ˈweɪ stɪŋwast·ing

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1. cachexia, cachexy, wastingnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   cachexia, atrophy, cachexy, wasting away

2. atrophy, wasting, wasting awaynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   cachexia, withering, cachexy, wasting away, atrophy

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1. • Debility
   • Symptom

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1. wastingnoun

   Synonyms:
   decay, decline, consumption, marasmus, emaciation, atrophy, tabes, PHTHISIS

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1. wastingnoun

   Synonyms:
   squandering, dissipation, prodigality, improvidence, emaciation, decline

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1. List of paraphrases for "wasting":

   waste, losing, atrophy, emaciation, wastage, squandering, lose, debilitating, wastefulness

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1. Donald Trump:

   If we don't get tough on the drug dealers, we are wasting our time, and that toughness includes the death penalty.

2. Jake Owen:

   So I walked over to him, and I was like, Hey Phil, you owe me f------ $29.99 ... for wasting four hours of my life with the s------- golf Ive ever seen, you guys hyped this whole thing up about this big match, you guys couldnt even make three birdies between the two of you. Im like, I want my$29.99 back and f------ apologize to me for some s----- golf.

3. John Dowd:

   We answered all these questions. Why are we wasting the court's time ? when it's all said and done, the President is a witness and not a target.

4. Sam Kass:

   In the United States we throw away around 40 % of what we produce ; and globally, 28 % of the land under cultivation grows food that ends up in landfills, not only are you wasting all of the energy and water -- and the emissions from nitrous oxide from fertilizers -- you then just dump that into a landfill, which produces methane in amounts that is just staggering.

5. Thomas Jefferson:

   I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.