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wastage
noun as in dissipation
noun as in waste
Example Sentences
The country is swimming in vaccines—so much so, in fact, that experts are warning it may lead to more wastage as supply begins to significantly outstrip demand.
One of them has been the wastage of vaccine doses in transport, storage, or in clinic.
While there is no centralized database of vaccine wastage rates globally, some countries collect the data piecemeal, and major wastage events are sometimes reported in local news outlets.
The federal Vaccines for Children program, which provides kids with shots regardless of their family’s ability to pay, has an expected wastage rate of 5%, she says.
In Indiana, where hospitals have told the media about discarding some shots, the state Health Department said it requires wastage to be reported but wasn’t able to tell ProPublica how many doses have been tossed statewide.
This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
Seen in this light, infant mortality and the cruel wastage of disease were viewed with complacence.
And America continued rich and fat until the World War wastage shrank her to skin and bones again.
Every hour of youth is precious and this wastage is unspeakably expensive.
We have finished what we have to say about the use of food for the repair of bodily wastage.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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