Synonyms for wasting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : wey-sting |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪ stɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for wasting Other synonyms for the word wasting
- atrophy
- be of no avail
- burn up
- corrode
- crumble
- debilitate
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- depredate
- desecrate
- desolate
- despoil
- devastate
- devour
- disable
- disappear
- droop
- eat away
- ebb
- emaciate
- empty
- enfeeble
- fade
- fritter away
- frivol away
- gamble away
- gnaw
- go to waste
- lay waste
- misapply
- misemploy
- perish
- pillage
- pour down the drain
- rape
- ravage
- raze
- reduce
- run dry
- run through
- sack
- sap
- sink
- splurge
- spoil
- spoliate
- squander
- thin
- throw away
- trifle away
- undermine
- wane
- wear
- wear out
- wilt
- wither
- wreak havoc
Définition of wasting
Origin :- c.1200, "desolate regions," from Old French wast, from Latin vastum, neuter of vastus "waste" (see waste (v.)).
- Replaced Old English westen, woesten "a desert, wilderness," from the Latin word. Meaning "useless expenditure" is recorded from c.1300; sense of "refuse matter" is attested from c.1400. Waste basket first recorded 1850. Waste-paper first recorded 1580s.
- verb spend or use without thought; dwindle
- verb ruin, destroy
- As long as a majority was prepared, it was wasting money to conciliate any body else.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
- Of course, every effort should be made to keep the ice from wasting.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Wasting no more words, I marched off to the fountainhead for information.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- And Ray pressed his thin, wasting hand across his damp forehead.
- Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
- She must know that on a day like this he would not be wasting the light,—that he would be working.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- Another warned me that I was wasting my best years in the hamlet.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- But his mood had been diverted, and he presently found that he was wasting time.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Yet, after a minute, he said to himself that he was wasting his time in both these proceedings.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- She seemed to be incapable of wasting time or of waywardness.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- Others had pneumonia and were wasting beneath the stress of their frightful cough.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
Antonyms for wasting
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