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Meaning of "wasting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WASTING

wasting  [ˈweɪstɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WASTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wasting is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WASTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wasting

In medicine, wasting, also known as wasting syndrome, refers to the process by which a debilitating disease causes muscle and fat tissue to "waste" away. Wasting is sometimes referred to as "acute malnutrition" because it is believed that episodes of wasting have a short duration, in contrast to stunting, which is regarded as chronic malnutrition. According to the latest UN estimates, an estimated 52 million children under 5 years of age, or 8%, were wasted in 2011. The vast majority, about 70%, of the world's wasted children live in Asia, most in South-Central Asia.

Definition of wasting in the English dictionary

The definition of wasting in the dictionary is reducing the vitality, strength, or robustness of the body.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WASTING


arm-twisting
ˈɑːmˌtwɪstɪŋ
basting
ˈbeɪstɪŋ
blacklisting
ˈblækˌlɪstɪŋ
demisting
diːˈmɪstɪŋ
existing
ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ
foul-tasting
ˌfaʊlˈteɪstɪŋ
harvesting
ˈhɑːvɪstɪŋ
interesting
ˈɪntrɪstɪŋ
listing
ˈlɪstɪŋ
misting
ˈmɪstɪŋ
pasting
ˈpeɪstɪŋ
tasting
ˈteɪstɪŋ
time-wasting
ˈtaɪmˌweɪstɪŋ
twisting
ˈtwɪstɪŋ
unassisting
ˌʌnəˈsɪstɪŋ
unhasting
ʌnˈheɪstɪŋ
uninteresting
ʌnˈɪntrɪstɪŋ
unresisting
ˌunrɪˈzɪstɪŋ
unwasting
ʌnˈweɪstɪŋ
waisting
ˈweɪstɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WASTING

wasteland
wastelot
wasteness
wastepaper
wastepaper basket
wastepaper bin
waster
wasterfully
wasterfulness
wastery
wastes
wastewater
wasteway
wasteweir
wasting asset
wastingly
wastness
wastrel
wastrife
wastry

WORDS THAT END LIKE WASTING

accounting
blasting
boasting
broadcasting
bursting
casting
contrasting
costing
disgusting
everlasting
fasting
frosting
lasting
long-lasting
nesting
posting
pre-existing
resting
sting
testing
trusting

Synonyms and antonyms of wasting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WASTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «wasting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of wasting

Translation of «wasting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WASTING

Find out the translation of wasting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wasting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wasting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

浪费
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perder
570 millions of speakers

English

wasting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बर्बाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إضاعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тратить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desperdiçando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নাশক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dépérissement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membazir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vergeudung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

浪費
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

낭비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbesuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lãng phí
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீணாக்காமல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

israf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

deperimento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

marnować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

витрачати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pierdem
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σπατάλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mors
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slösa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sløse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wasting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WASTING»

The term «wasting» is very widely used and occupies the 15.651 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WASTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wasting

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10 QUOTES WITH «WASTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wasting.
1
Peter Ackroyd
If I did only one thing at a time I'd think I was wasting my time. If, for example, I only wrote novels I would feel like a charlatan and a fraud.
2
Lamar Alexander
If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
3
The Notorious B.I.G.
Please, all you MCs out there, all you fans out there, don't think Big gonna make a record dissing 2Pac or the West Coast because it's not going down like that. I cant even see me wasting my time or my talent to disrespect another black man.
4
Rick Baker
I hate wasting time or money and that happens all the time for no good reason, and then people save money by skimping on the important things.
5
Joshua Bell
I use Facebook quite a lot to keep up with my friends, although I had to delete 'Words With Friends' from my phone because it was wasting too much of my time.
6
Derek Blasberg
I try to wear a watch all the time, because I think guys get the short end of the stick when it comes to jewelry and accessories. A watch is a very chic men's item, and you're sort of wasting it if you just look at your cell phone.
7
Danny Bonaduce
If you have an impossible dream, a dream that cannot be fulfilled, the friendly thing for me to do is to put a stop to you wasting your life at it.
8
Paul Bremer
Saddam spent 35 years stealing and wasting money, and all of these systems are very fragile and brittle, and you try to fix one thing and something else gets in trouble.
9
Sherrod Brown
Big government conservatives are spending trillions and wasting billions. Republicans are no longer the party of fiscal conservancy, but the party of runaway spending and corruption.
10
Robert Carlyle
I'm not someone who believes in wasting my vote.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WASTING»

Discover the use of wasting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wasting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wasting Minds: Why Our Education System is Failing and what ...
In this thoughtful and insightful book, Ronald A. Wolk tackles these questions head-on, identifying key assumptions that have shaped the debate on school reform for the past several decades, including the emphasis on standards and testing, ...
Ronald A. Wolk, 2011
2
Wasting Time with God: A Christian Spirituality of ...
asting Time with God Klaus Issler considers seven character traits and companion disciplines to develop in light of God's friendship with us in order to help us make more room in our lives for him.
Klaus Issler, 2001
3
Drosscape: Wasting Land Urban America
These are the places Alan Berger has coined "drosscapes," and this is his guide to the previously ignored field of waste landscapes.
Alan Berger, 2007
4
Higher Education?: How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and ...
Renowned sociologist Andrew Hacker and New York Times writer Claudia Dreifus make an incisive case that the American way of higher education, now a $420 billion-per-year business, has lost sight of its primary mission: the education of ...
Andrew Hacker, Claudia Dreifus, 2010
5
Always postpone meetings with time-wasting morons
The choice is clear. Fans looking for a book which will stand the test of time, even beyond the time you spend flipping through it in the bookstore (for which the author receives no royalties whatsoever), should buy this book.
Scott Adams, 1994
6
Wasting Away: The Crisis of Malnutrition in India
"India no longer faces the famine and epidemics which kept life expectancy barely over 30 years at Independence.
Anthony R. Measham, Meera Chatterjee, 1999
7
Sarcopenia – Age-Related Muscle Wasting and Weakness: ...
This book provides the latest information on sarcopenia from leading international researchers studying the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying age-related changes in skeletal muscle and identifies strategies to combat sarcopenia ...
Gordon S. Lynch, 2010
8
Wasting Away
A comprehensive overview of waste processes in the natural world and in human cultures of many eras and lands, discussing military waste, vandalism and wrecking, arson, scavenging, abandonment and dereliction, and reuse
Kevin Lynch, Michael Southworth, 1990
9
Genius Denied: How to Stop Wasting Our Brightest Young Minds
In Genius Denied, Jan and Bob Davidson describe the "quiet crisis" in education: gifted students spending their days in classrooms learning little beyond how to cope with boredom as they "relearn" material they've already mastered years ...
Jan Davidson, Bob Davidson, Laura Vanderkam, 2007
10
Turbo-Mom's Guide to Saving Money Without Wasting Time
Delfau provides well-researched straightforward advice and guidance on insurance, taxes, and investments direct from the tax and financial professionals.
Kristin Delfau, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wasting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Chronic Wasting Disease Continues To Threaten Texas' $2 Billion …
Texas Parks and Wildlife officials say the state has euthanized 35 deer at a Medina County ranch where Chronic Wasting Disease was recently discovered. «KERA News, Jul 15»
2
Parks and Wildlife meeting addresses chronic wasting disease in …
SAN ANTONIO - The Medina County deer breeder whose white-tailed deer was found to be the first case of chronic wasting disease in the state wants to work ... «KSAT San Antonio, Jul 15»
3
You're Wasting More Food Than You Think
"But in reality, we are wasting substantial quantities." The average American family wastes between $1,365 to $2,275 worth of food and beverages annually. «Mother Jones, Jun 15»
4
Chronic wasting found in wild deer, Michigan confirms
The state of Michigan managed to avoid the scourge of chronic wasting disease (CWD) that has plagued deer and elk in 23 other states – until now. Today, the ... «Detroit Free Press, May 15»
5
Kachemak Bay sea stars found stricken with wasting disease
The wasting disease that is killing millions of sea stars along the U.S. West Coast has now moved farther north, into Southcentral Alaska's Kachemak Bay, ... «Alaska Dispatch News, May 15»
6
Sea star wasting disease death toll rises, but babies bring hope
Miner said juveniles, while not entirely immune, may be less susceptible to a virus fingered as the likely culprit of the sea star wasting disease, a sickness that ... «OregonLive.com, May 15»
7
First HEAD TRANSPLANT next year: wasting disease patient to get …
A COMPUTER scientist with a fatal wasting disease is planning to have his head transplanted onto a healthy body in a medical procedure set to shock the world. «Express.co.uk, Apr 15»
8
Wasting disease spreads through more western Kansas deer
Nine deer shot by hunters last fall tested positive for chronic wasting disease in western Kansas, including first-time cases in six southwest counties. Michael ... «Kansas.com, Apr 15»
9
Two new cases of chronic wasting disease found in Missouri deer
The Missouri Department of Conservation says two new cases of chronic wasting disease have recently been found in north-central Missouri. «KY3, Jan 15»
10
State agency: No chronic wasting disease detected in deer sampled …
The state Department of Natural Resources says no chronic wasting disease was detected in deer taken in southeastern Minnesota during the 2014 firearms ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jan 15»

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