wasting
Definitions
Noun
- Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
- A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
Verb
- Spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- Use inefficiently or inappropriately
- Get rid of
- Run off as waste
- Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- Spend extravagantly
- Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- Cause to grow thin or weak
- Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- Become physically weaker
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "wasting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warning | 2 | 44 |
| 2 | wanting | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | twisting | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | warming | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | winding | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | wyoming | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | quivering | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | winking | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | whistling | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | warping | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | watering | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | awarding | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | swallowing | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | swarming | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | quavering | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | wearying | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | weathering | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | welding | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | quenching | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | swaggering | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | swamping | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | thwarting | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | wallowing | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | waxing | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | wincing | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | withering | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | wounding | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | dwarfing | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | quarrying | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | quieting | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | quilting | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | quisling | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | twiddling | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | waffling | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | wafting | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | wagering | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | walding | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | warding | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | warling | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | wavering | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | weakling | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | wending | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | whitling | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | whittling | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | wielding | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | wilding | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | wilking | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | wilting | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | winnowing | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | woodling | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | wotring | 3 | 0 |
| 52 | wuthering | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | zwerdling | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "wasting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waiting | 2 | 110 |
| 2 | watching | 2 | 76 |
| 3 | washing | 2 | 44 |
| 4 | wanting | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | lasting | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | sting | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | casting | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | watering | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | tasting | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | basting | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | watling | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | pasting | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | astin | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | wafting | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | hasting | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | fasting | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | wresting | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | westling | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | wasinger | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | waltzing | 2 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "wasting" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "wasting" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "wasting" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "wasting".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 12
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 53
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
OPINION: Congress must stop rewarding states for wasting taxpayers’ money
Mar 12, 2026 Representative Jodey Arrington (.gov)
Mar 12, 2026 Representative Jodey Arrington (.gov)
Chronic wasting disease found in another deer in Louisiana; 4 parishes now affected
Mar 12, 2026 Louisiana Illuminator
Mar 12, 2026 Louisiana Illuminator
State launches new strategy on chronic wasting disease ahead of deer season
Dec 4, 2025 Iowa Capital Dispatch
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