Gradual deterioration or wasting away. / The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

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

present participle of waste

plural of wasting

imprudent or excessive expenditure or the waste of resources

Inclined to waste or squander money or resources. / (obsolete) Uninhabited, desolate.

simple past tense and past participle of waste

Not profitably used. / Ravaged or deteriorated. / Emaciated and haggard. / (slang) Very drunk or stoned. / (medicine) Low weight-for-height (for a person).

(transitive) To devastate; to destroy. / (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly. / (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.

(now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited. / Barren; desert. / Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess. / Superfluous; needless. / Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.