wasting
IPA: wˈeɪstɪŋ
noun
- Gradual deterioration or wasting away.
- The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.
adjective
- Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
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Examples of "wasting" in Sentences
- Waste in wasting time and electrons to publish this garbage online.
- "And so it is," I insisted to the Man of Wrath, when he protested against what he called wasting my time upstairs.
- It goes something like this: You see, the money we're wasting is in a special pot that can be spent only on frills.
- In _The boy wasting his time does not study_, the words _wasting his time_ form an adjective phrase modifying _boy_.
- What Republicans are wasting is an opportunity for Democrats, who might have reservations against this pick, to fight internally.
- And Obama has pushed Congress to hand more money to a failed industry that is efficient and reliable only in wasting billions of public dollars.
- The first was a comment he made discouraging major corporations from what he described as wasting money by holding conventions in Las Vegas while accepting bail-out cash.
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