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(Entry 1 of 2)
as in wasteful, squandering
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wasting
verb
present participle of waste
Synonyms & Antonyms of wasting (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to use up carelessly
- he wasted his lottery winnings on booze-soaked nights with gold diggers
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2
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
- one country attempting to waste another
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- beating,
- besting,
- clobbering,
- conquering,
- crushing,
- defeating,
- drubbing,
- licking,
- mastering,
- overbearing,
- overcoming,
- overmatching,
- prevailing (over),
- routing,
- scotching,
- skunking,
- subduing,
- surmounting,
- thrashing,
- trimming,
- triumphing (over),
- trouncing,
- walloping,
- whipping,
- winning (against)
- blasting,
- blowing up,
- breaking,
- crippling,
- damaging,
- defacing,
- deteriorating,
- disfiguring,
- disintegrating,
- dissolving,
- dynamiting,
- harming,
- impairing,
- injuring,
- mangling,
- marring,
- mutilating,
- spoiling,
- vitiating
- blotting out,
- effacing,
- eradicating,
- expunging,
- exterminating,
- extirpating,
- liquidating,
- obliterating,
- removing,
- rooting (out),
- snuffing (out),
- stamping (out),
- wiping out
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3
to diminish the physical strength of
- endless months of inactivity wasted him
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“Wasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wasting. Accessed 7 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of wasting was in the 13th century
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