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# wasting

«wasting» in Mova's school dictionary: **using something for nothing or losing it, like wasting…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form of waste (waste, wastes, wasted, wasting); adjective (wasting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Wasting means using something for nothing or losing it, like wasting time, water, food or money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/#m1)

2) Wasting also means using more than you need. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/#m2)

3) A wasting illness makes the body grow thin and weak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: time, water or money lost, often at a rate: lost = rate × time; taken away from what is useful. In science and caring for the planet: a dripping tap is wasting water; lights left on are wasting energy. Phrases: wasting time, wasting water, wasting your breath (talking for nothing), stop wasting.

### examples

- A dripping tap is wasting 2 litres an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/#x1)
- He is wasting 15 minutes a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/#x2)
- How much water is it wasting in a day? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/#x3)
- Stop wasting your money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/#x4)
- Leaving the lights on is wasting electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/#x5)
- We are wasting time; let us start. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/#x6)
- Throwing away good food is wasting it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/#x7)
- You are wasting your breath; he is not listening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/#x8)

### note

Spelt with «st»: wasting. Homophone trap: «waist» is part of the body. A loss, often at a rate: lost = rate × time. Taken away from the total. Trap: «2 litres an hour» over a day is 2 × 24.

### In the corpora

- [Wasting is a quiet wrong: nobody cries at once.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet/9/)
- [Getting away with wasting for weeks does not make it free; somebody paid for every sandwich in the bin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet/11/)
- [Growing food and making clothes also uses a great deal of water, so wasting food wastes water too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/89-saving-water-and-energy/15/)
- [Resting is not wasting time if you chose it; wasting time means spending it in a way you later wish you hadn't.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/130-screen-time-and-putting-it-together/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wasting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.