wasting in English

verb

1

use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

we can't afford to waste electricity

synonyms: squander, misspend, misuse, fritter away, throw away, lavish, dissipate, throw around, blow, splurge

2

(of a person or a part of the body) become progressively weaker and more emaciated.

she was dying of AIDS, visibly wasting away

synonyms: grow weak, grow thin, shrink, decline, wilt, fade, flag, deteriorate, degenerate, languish

3

devastate or ruin (a place).

he seized their cattle and wasted their country

4

(of time) pass away; be spent.

the years were wasting

noun

cachexy, cachexia
wasting away, atrophy

verb

squander, grow weak, emaciate, languish, devastate, liquidate, run off, rot
squander, misspend, misuse, fritter away, throw away, lavish, dissipate, throw around, blow, splurge
grow weak, grow thin, shrink, decline, wilt, fade, flag, deteriorate, degenerate, languish
emaciate, atrophy, wither, debilitate, shrivel, shrink, weaken, enfeeble
languish, pine away
squander, blow
emaciate, macerate
devastate, scourge, ravage, desolate
liquidate, do in, neutralize, knock off
squander, consume, ware
run off
rot

Use "wasting" in a sentence

1. You're wasting time.

2. We're wasting our time.

3. You're wasting your breath.

4. You're wasting precious time!

5. Stop wasting your time.

6. Muscle Atrophy or Muscle Wasting

7. You're wasting your time, detective.

8. Time-wasting pursuits abound.

9. The water is wasting.

10. I'm wasting my time here.

11. Hurry up, we're wasting time.

12. Why are you wasting our time?

13. Wasting his strength on bygone days.

14. It means reducing time-wasting pursuits.

15. Why are you wasting my time?

16. You two, stop wasting time!

17. And you're wasting your time.

18. Time is wasting too fast.

19. Wasting time is robbing oneself.

20. There's no point in wasting time.

21. I'm just worried about wasting dinner.

22. How can we avoid wasting literature?

23. You're wasting your time and money.

24. The airline is clearly a wasting asset.

25. Why are you wasting unnecessary time?!

26. I don't approve of wasting time.

27. Assiduity: no wasting time, do useful things.

28. Dietary supplementation with Creatine may improve muscle wasting

29. Wasting all your capital on boob jobs, huh?

30. Avoid wasting time and energy reliving the past.

31. 14 Bovine tuberculosis is a progressive wasting disease.

32. You're just wasting your breath. She never listens.

33. Eh, just a couple of scumbags wasting taxpayers'money.

34. These old-timers are just wasting time.

35. One year in office, wasting their money.

36. You are wasting your breath Kill them

37. I just think he's wasting his life.

38. We better stop wasting time. talk turkey.

39. I wish you'd stop wasting time in idle chatter.

40. He just doesn't like wasting time, that's all.

41. I felt very smug about not wasting paper.

42. Men and women were working hard, not wasting time.

43. What the hell are you doing, wasting my time?

44. 3 Victims lay wasting away, yet heavy in their immobility.

45. We must press on with the project without wasting time.

46. It's heartbreaking to see him wasting his life away.

47. Absumption ( uncountable ) ( obsolete) Gradual destruction or disintegration; wasting away

48. Because if not, you're wasting time I don't have.

49. Or wasting money by investing in a donut shop?

50. We're wasting valuable time, time we can ill afford.