wastage

[ wey-stij ]

/ ˈweɪ stɪdʒ /

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noun

loss by use, wear, decay, etc.

loss or losses as the result of wastefulness: The annual wastage of time due to illness is appalling.

the action or process of wasting: the steady wastage of erosion.

something that is wasted; waste or waste materials: The river was befouled by factory wastage.

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Origin of wastage

First recorded in 1750–60; waste + -age

Words nearby wastage

Wassermann test, Wasserstein, Wassily chair, wassup, wast, wastage, waste, waste away, wastebasket, wasted, waste disposal unit

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How to use wastage in a sentence

The country is swimming in vaccines—so much so, in fact, that experts are warning it may lead to more wastage as supply begins to significantly outstrip demand.
Covid-19 vaccine waste is about to go up in the US|Annabelle Timsit|May 28, 2021|Quartz
One of them has been the wastage of vaccine doses in transport, storage, or in clinic.
How many Covid vaccines go to waste?|Annabelle Timsit|May 28, 2021|Quartz
While there is no centralized database of vaccine wastage rates globally, some countries collect the data piecemeal, and major wastage events are sometimes reported in local news outlets.
How many Covid vaccines go to waste?|Annabelle Timsit|May 28, 2021|Quartz
The federal Vaccines for Children program, which provides kids with shots regardless of their family’s ability to pay, has an expected wastage rate of 5%, she says.
Vaccine waitlist Dr. B collected data from millions. But how many did it help?|Mia Sato|May 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review

In Indiana, where hospitals have told the media about discarding some shots, the state Health Department said it requires wastage to be reported but wasn’t able to tell ProPublica how many doses have been tossed statewide.
How Many Vaccine Shots Go to Waste? Several States Aren’t Counting.|by Ryan Gabrielson, Caroline Chen and Mollie Simon|January 21, 2021|ProPublica
This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Seen in this light, infant mortality and the cruel wastage of disease were viewed with complacence.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
And America continued rich and fat until the World War wastage shrank her to skin and bones again.
The Iron Puddler|James J. Davis
Every hour of youth is precious and this wastage is unspeakably expensive.
How to Analyze People on Sight|Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
We have finished what we have to say about the use of food for the repair of bodily wastage.
Physiology|Ernest G. Martin

British Dictionary definitions for wastage

wastage

/ (ˈweɪstɪdʒ) /

noun

anything lost by wear or waste

the process of wasting

reduction in size of a workforce by retirement, voluntary resignation, etc (esp in the phrase natural wastage)

usage for wastage

Waste and wastage are to some extent interchangeable, but many people think that wastage should not be used to refer to loss resulting from human carelessness, inefficiency, etc: a waste (not a wastage) of time/money/effort etc

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