wasting
Using up carelessly
Wasting describes something that gradually diminishes or deteriorates.
A wasting disease causes progressive loss of body mass and strength.
Wasting away suggests slow decline toward death or disappearance.
The term also modifies time or resources being squandered: Stop wasting my time.
In medicine, wasting specifically refers to the loss of muscle tissue and body weight.
State of utter depletion
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- drainageLiquid removal system
- depletionReduction of supply
- diminutionReduction in size
dissipation · spending · squandering · draining · using up · running down · depleting · expending
Reckless depletion of resources
- misspendingWasteful use of resources
- misusingEmploying incorrectly or improperly
- blowingMoving air forcefully
- throwing awayDiscarding as refuse
frittering away · splurging · lavishing · dissipating · burning · misallocating · profligacy · extravagance
Severe illness-induced wasting
- emaciationExtreme bodily thinness
- atrophyWasting from disuse
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- weight lossReduction in body mass
consumption · debilitation · weakness · frailty · thinning · gauntness · withering · tuberculosis
Wasting from disuse
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- declineDecrease or refuse
- degradationDecline in condition
- witheringDrying and declining
waning · fading · crumbling · rotting · rusting · eroding · wearing away · breaking down
Leisurely time-wasting
- idlingOperating without working
- loafingPassing time idly
- procrastinatingPostponing what needs doing
- ditheringProlonged indecisive hesitation
dallying · lingering · puttering · killing time · frittering · lollygagging · malingering · stalling
exhaustion
State of utter depletion
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- drainageLiquid removal system
- depletionReduction of supply
diminution · dissipation · spending · squandering · draining · using up · running down · depleting · expending · frittering
squandering
Reckless depletion of resources
- misspendingWasteful use of resources
- misusingEmploying incorrectly or improperly
- blowingMoving air forcefully
throwing away · frittering away · splurging · lavishing · dissipating · burning · misallocating · profligacy · extravagance · prodigality
cachexia
Severe illness-induced wasting
- emaciationExtreme bodily thinness
- atrophyWasting from disuse
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
weight loss · consumption · debilitation · weakness · frailty · thinning · gauntness · withering · tuberculosis
atrophy
Wasting from disuse
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- declineDecrease or refuse
- degradationDecline in condition
withering · waning · fading · crumbling · rotting · rusting · eroding · wearing away · breaking down · falling apart
dawdling
Leisurely time-wasting
- idlingOperating without working
- loafingPassing time idly
- procrastinatingPostponing what needs doing
dithering · dallying · lingering · puttering · killing time · frittering · lollygagging · malingering · stalling · delaying
- resource useconsumption, recycling, conservation, efficiency, depletion
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- illnessdisease, sickness, illness, ailment, disorder
- decayrot, decay rate, wilt, crumble, decomposition
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- Deteriorationdecay, rot, degradation, deterioration, corrosion
wastingconserving
Protecting from depletion
saving · preserving · economizing · husbanding · economise
wastingstrengthening
Increasing power or solidity
thriving · growing · developing · flourishing · gaining
wastingutilizing
Putting to practical use
maximizing · investing · making the most of · optimizing · exploiting
- wasting timeUnproductive use of hours
- wasting awayGradual physical decline
- wasting breathSpeaking with no impact
- time's wastingUrgency to act now
- muscle wastingLoss of tissue mass
- wasting syndromePathological progressive tissue loss