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Synonyms for wasting
ˈweɪ stɪŋwast·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
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 awayatrophy, wasting, wasting awaynoun
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
Synonyms:
cachexia, withering, cachexy, wasting away, atrophy
Dictionary of English Synonymes
wastingnoun
Synonyms:
decay, decline, consumption, marasmus, emaciation, atrophy, tabes, PHTHISIS
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
wastingnoun
Synonyms:
squandering, dissipation, prodigality, improvidence, emaciation, decline
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "wasting":
waste, losing, atrophy, emaciation, wastage, squandering, lose, debilitating, wastefulness
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1980 | waste | |
#3169 | lose | |
#5211 | losing | |
#14415 | wasting | |
#33874 | atrophy | |
#37088 | debilitating | |
#60362 | wastage | |
#63150 | withering | |
#109862 | squandering | |
#128529 | cachexia | |
#223847 | emaciation | |
#243467 | wastefulness |
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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.
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.
If I talk too much about Tim Kaine during my debate, I’m wasting my time.
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.
Indecision is like a stepchild if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.
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