Thesaurus / wasting
FEEDBACKsynonyms for wasting
synonyms for wasting
- blow
- consume
- deplete
- dissipate
- divert
- drain
- exhaust
- lavish
- lose
- misuse
- squander
- undermine
- atrophy
- corrode
- crumble
- debilitate
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- disable
- disappear
- droop
- ebb
- emaciate
- empty
- enfeeble
- fade
- gnaw
- misapply
- perish
- sap
- sink
- splurge
- thin
- wane
- wear
- wilt
- wither
- be of no avail
- burn up
- eat away
- fritter away
- frivol away
- gamble away
- go to waste
- misemploy
- pour down the drain
- run dry
- run through
- throw away
- trifle away
- wear out
See also synonyms for: wastings
- reduce
- spoil
- desolate
- devastate
- pillage
- ravage
- despoil
- devour
- sack
- raze
- desecrate
- rape
- wreak havoc
- depredate
- spoliate
- lay waste
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Americans are so accustomed to the standard intersection that we rarely consider how dangerous it can be — as well as costly, time-wasting, and polluting.
SHOULD TRAFFIC LIGHTS BE ABOLISHED? (EP. 454)STEPHEN J. DUBNERMARCH 11, 2021FREAKONOMICSThe new study shows that a bloom of nutrient-loving bacteria can drain oxygen from the water, leading to sea-star wasting.
CHOKED BY BACTERIA, SOME STARFISH ARE TURNING TO GOOERIN GARCIA DE JESUSFEBRUARY 8, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSPinpointing the likely cause of wasting could help experts better treat sick starfish, Hewson says, at least in the lab.
CHOKED BY BACTERIA, SOME STARFISH ARE TURNING TO GOOERIN GARCIA DE JESUSFEBRUARY 8, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSThis results from one or a combination of factors, such as reduced function of the heart to enable movement or prolonged movement, less efficiency in muscles, fatigue or muscle wasting.
YOUR GRIP STRENGTH COULD HINT AT FUTURE HEALTH PROBLEMSBY ADAM TAYLOR/THE CONVERSATIONOCTOBER 22, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEWhy didn't he send a trooper to report at once instead of wasting time in going to Stony Crossing?
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRBut there are few minds which can remain firm while immured for months in the wasting misery of a dungeon.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTThe tedious, dilatory time and money-wasting “come later on” procedure of times gone by no longer obtains.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANHe kept on pulling at one twig after another with his trunk, nibbling and wasting everything.
KARI THE ELEPHANTDHAN GOPAL MUKERJILloyd has gone away alone, and three years have passed, and now he lies dying of a wasting disease.
LOVE'S PILGRIMAGEUPTON SINCLAIRThere was no disorder, no wasting of time, no asking of foolish questions—every man was a unit in a great whole.
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WORDS RELATED TO WASTING
- adulteration
- atrophy
- blight
- caries
- consumption
- corrosion
- crumbling
- decadence
- decline
- decomposition
- decrease
- decrepitude
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- depreciation
- deterioration
- dilapidation
- disintegration
- disrepair
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- extinction
- fading
- failing
- gangrene
- impairment
- mortification
- perishing
- putrefaction
- putrescence
- putridity
- putridness
- rot
- rotting
- ruin
- ruination
- rust
- senescence
- spoilage
- spoilation
- wasting
- wasting away
- withering
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.