wasting

About 3.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of waste
2. adjective Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
3. noun Gradual deterioration or wasting away.

   muscular wastings

4. noun The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

Similar words

atrophy wasting away spoilage emaciation debilitating wastage ruining desolation loss squandering

Often followed by

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