wasting

Speech parts

1. wasting - Noun

2. wasting - Adjective

3. wasting - Verb

Meaning

of Waste

Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ware using loss ebbing consumption decline waste decay spending spend blow failing consume devastating destructive

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Antonyms

building meaning going planning trying looking

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Hypernyms

infirmity frailty feebleness debility frailness

Hyponyms

amyotrophia kraurosis

Phrases with the word

wasting time time-wasting person I'm wasting I'm wasting away been wasting renal phosphate wasting

Examples

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. Bertrand Russell

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson

If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time. Billy Joel

Wasting time is stealing from oneself. Estonian Proverb

Indecision is like the stepchild: if he doesn't wash his hands, he is called dirty; if he does, he is wasting the water. Madagascan Proverb

She is as undecided as an orphan: if she does not wash her hands, she will be told that she is a dirty child; if she washes her hands she will be told that she is wasting water. Madagascan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

wasteyard wasteyute wastfull wasting disease wasting investment wasting palsy