Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wasting away

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables
wast-ing -away
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of waste away

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What does wasting away mean?
present participle and gerund of waste away

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