wasting
Americanadjective
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gradually reducing the fullness and strength of the body.
a wasting disease.
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laying waste; devastating; despoiling.
the ravages of a wasting war.
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“That’s true if you retain the customer. But if you don’t retain them, then you are just wasting dollars. So we’re working on both lowering our customer acquisition cost and improving our retention.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
That’s not effective fraud protection — that’s a broken system that is wasting money and creating friction with customers and vendors.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
"No one should be wasting time on something AI can do quicker and better," he said at the time.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
“We have a technology that could end AIDS, and collectively we’re wasting it,” Maybarduk told me.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
“If you’re done wasting time, we should be on our way,” Seed Collector snapped.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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