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

Matched Categories

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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How to use wasting in a sentence?

1. Tulsi Gabbard:

   I know the cost of war! i will end the regime change wars taking the money that weve been wasting on these wars and weapons and investing it in serving the needs of our people.

2. Adam Andrzejewski:

   The EPA wasting $160 million on public relations dwarfs our recent exposure of their high-end furniture purchases ($92 million), nothing is emblematic of government excess like an army of highly compensated PR agents sitting in their easy chairs. It’s simply waste.

3. Tim Kaine:

   If I talk too much about Tim Kaine during my debate, I’m wasting my time.

4. Arthur Rimbaud:

   I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain.

5. African Proverb:

   Indecision is like a stepchild if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.