wastage

In the old days the wastage of wood was not a thing which the master had in his mind.

She is quiet, and a little down, though she is anything but prone to the wastage of grief.

(c) Further, the war proved even more conclusively that the wastage was not worth while.

This wastage was largely caused by "slubs," knots, and other imperfections which prevented an even surface for rubberizing.