Synonyms for wasting
ˈweɪ stɪŋwast·ing

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1. cachexia, cachexy, wastingnoun

   any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

   Synonyms:
   cachexia, atrophy, cachexy, wasting away

2. atrophy, wasting, wasting awaynoun

   a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

   Synonyms:
   cachexia, withering, cachexy, wasting away, atrophy

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1. • Debility
   • Symptom

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1. wastingnoun

   Synonyms:
   decay, decline, consumption, marasmus, emaciation, atrophy, tabes, PHTHISIS

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1. wastingnoun

   Synonyms:
   squandering, dissipation, prodigality, improvidence, emaciation, decline

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1. List of paraphrases for "wasting":

   waste, losing, atrophy, emaciation, wastage, squandering, lose, debilitating, wastefulness

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1. Conrad Schneider:

   We are wasting time when we need to be reducing emissions.

2. R. Stevens, Diesel Sweeties, 08-16-05:

   Wasting sarcasm is a sin.

3. Nick Littlehales:

   Although it's a very simple process, once focused on it you realize that you can actually be spending a lot of your valuable time wasting it trying to sleep.

4. Kris Lawrence:

   We thought this was a done deal but it quickly fell apart when Tyson's people declined all offers, we were negotiating in good faith all along and it appears we just ended up wasting our time.

5. Robert LaVoy Finicum:

   You're wasting oxygen, son!