Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wasting

/ˈweɪstɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: wast-ing
IPA: /ˈweɪstɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of waste

adj

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

noun

Gradual deterioration or wasting away.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"muscular wastings"

Usage

Inflected Forms

wastings (plural)

Phrases

wasting disease candle-wasting cerebral salt-wasting syndrome chronic wasting disease mass wasting seastar wasting disease sea-star wasting disease sea star wasting disease

Synonyms

atrophy wasting away cachexia cachexy

Rhymes With

tasting pasting basting lambasting hasting unwasting

Questions

How do you pronounce wasting?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈweɪstɪŋ/.
What does wasting mean?: present participle and gerund of waste

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