Related Words for wasting

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atrophy
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Verb, Verb
wasting away
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Phrase, Verb
economize
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Verb, Verb
husband
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Verb, Noun, Verb
squandering
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Noun
expending
x/x
Verb
saving
/x
Noun
spending
/x
Noun
devoting
x/x
Verb
wastage
/x
Noun
risking
/x
Verb
sparing
/x
Adjective
worth
/
Noun
trashing
/x
Noun
consuming
x/x
Noun
regretting
x/x
Verb
depleting
x/x
Adjective
ruining
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Verb
complaining
x/x
Verb
depriving
x/x
Verb
avoiding
x/x
Verb
obsessing
x/x
Adjective
prolonging
x/x
Verb
messing
/x
Noun
costing
/x
Verb
wasteful
/x
Adjective
reducing
x/x
Verb
delaying
x/x
Verb
burdening
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Verb
chasing
/x
Verb
dumping
/x
Verb
useless
/x
Adjective
accumulating
x/xxx
Noun
diverting
x/x
Verb
conserving
x/x
Verb
denigrating
/xxx
Verb
stressing
/x
Verb
sapping
/x
Verb
draining
/x
Verb
sucking
/x
Noun
misusing
x/x
Verb
bothering
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Verb
dedicating
/xxx
Verb
ignoring
x/x
Verb
money
/x
Noun
discarding
x/x
Verb
monopolizing
x/xxx
Verb
losing
/x
Verb
loosing
/x
Verb
wringing
/x
Verb
spoiling
/x
Verb
preventing
x/x
Verb
dawdling
/x
Verb
neglecting
x/x
Verb
getting
/x
Verb
criticizing
/xxx
Verb
ridiculing
/xxx
Verb
trouble
/x
Noun
hating
/x
Verb
seizing
/x
Verb
worrying
/xx
Verb
paying
/x
Verb
without
x/
Adverb
concentrating
/xxx
Verb
instead
x/
Adverb
robbing
/x
Verb
justifying
/xxx
Verb
throwing
/x
Verb
destroying
x/x
Verb
limiting
/xx
Verb
disregarding
xx/x
Verb
abusing
x/x
Verb
minimizing
/xxx
Verb
investing
x/x
Noun
stealing
/x
Verb
sacrificing
/xxx
Verb
squeezing
/x
Verb
harming
/x
Verb
aggravation
xx/x
Noun
cursing
/x
Verb
fooling
/x
Verb
allocating
/xxx
Verb
cluttering
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Noun
duplicating
/xxx
Verb
arguing
/xx
Verb
putting
/x
Verb
abandoning
x/xx
Verb
time
/
Noun
negating
x/x
Verb
unnecessarily
x/xxxx
Adverb
lamenting
x/x
Verb
hoarding
/x
Noun
diminishing
x/xx
Verb
eliminating
x/xxx
Verb
making
/x
Noun
attacking
x/x
Verb
berating
x/x
Verb
expense
x/
Noun
talking
/x
Verb
denying
x/x
Verb
grabbing
/x
Verb
undermining
/xxx
Noun
exploiting
/xx
Verb
collecting
x/x
Noun
stopping
/x
Verb
needlessly
/xx
Adverb
fussing
/x
Noun
amassing
x/x
Noun
forfeiting
/xx
Verb
maximizing
/xxx
Verb
bashing
/x
Noun
debating
x/x
Noun
resenting
x/x
Verb
compromising
/xxx
Verb
cutting
/x
Noun
jeopardizing
/xxx
Verb
overdoing
/x/x
Verb
condemning
x/x
Verb
worthless
/x
Adjective
stunting
/x
Noun
debilitating
x/xxx
Adjective
withering
/xx
Noun
dissipated
/xxx
Verb
destructive
x/x
Adjective
detrimental
xx/x
Adjective
consumptive
x/x
Adjective
ruinous
/xx
Adjective
underweight
/xx
Noun
fatal
/x
Adjective
emaciated
x/xxx
Adjective
used up
//
Phrase, Adjective
decrepit
x/x
Adjective
pernicious
x/x
Adjective
cachexia
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Noun
hypomagnesemia
xxx//xx
Noun
muscle
/x
Adjective
quadriceps
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Noun
sludge
/
Adjective
hypophosphatemia
xx/x/xx
Noun
mingles
/x
Verb
hyperkalemia
xxx/xx
Noun
contractures
x/x
Noun
weakness
/x
Noun
hypokalemia
xxx/xx
Noun
hypotonia
xx/xx
Noun
deltoid
xx
Noun
muscular
/xx
Adjective
acquired
x/x
Adjective
amyloid
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Adjective, Noun
aplastic
x/x
Adjective
assessable
x/xx
Adjective
atherosclerotic
xxxx/x
Adjective
attributable
x/xxx
Adjective
blurring
/x
Noun
bruising
/x
Adjective, Noun
bulging
/x
Noun
chargeable
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Adjective
clouding
/x
Noun
clumping
/x
Noun
desolation
xx/x
Noun
destruction
x/x
Noun
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
dilatation
xx/x
Noun
dilation
x/x
Noun
disabling
x/xx
Adjective
dispelling
x/x
Verb, Noun
dispersing
x/x
Verb
dissipation
xx/x
Noun
earning
/x
Verb, Noun
engorgement
//x
Noun
enlargement
x/x
Noun
extravagance
x/xx
Noun
flattening
/xx
Noun
impairment
x/x
Noun
infantile
/xx
Adjective
killing
/x
Noun, Adjective
liquefaction
xx/x
Noun
malnutrition
xx/x
Noun
missing
/x
Adjective, Noun
mortal
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
profligacy
/xxx
Noun
retardation
xx/x
Noun
shedding
/x
Noun
sickness
/x
Noun
slowing
/x
Noun
spasticity
x/xx
Noun
spoilage
/x
Noun
undernutrition
xxx/x
Noun
valuable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
widening
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Noun, Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
gloss
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Noun, Verb