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Meaning of wasting time

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

wasting

Pronunciation:/ˈweɪstɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To devastate, destroy

  2. To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.

    Example: We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.

  3. To kill; to murder.

  4. To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.

noun

Definitions

  1. Gradual deterioration or wasting away.

    Example: muscular wastings

  2. The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.