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

  • The man is wasting his own money.
  • That is the definition of wasting time.
  • Waste in wasting time and electrons to publish this garbage online.
  • For me, that is the biggest pitfall and we see so many people wasting their money on it.
  • "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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