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wasting
[ wey-sting ]
/ ˈweɪ stɪŋ /
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adjective
gradually reducing the fullness and strength of the body: a wasting disease.
laying waste; devastating; despoiling: the ravages of a wasting war.
noun
Geology. mass wasting.
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British Dictionary definitions for wasting
wasting
/ (ˈweɪstɪŋ) /
adjective
(prenominal) reducing the vitality, strength, or robustness of the bodya wasting disease
Derived forms of wasting
wastingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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