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outwasting

outwasting is the present participle and gerund of outwaste.

Meaning of outwaste

Verb

outwaste (third-person singular simple present outwastes, present participle outwasting, simple past and past participle outwasted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To waste entirely.
    • Who in God his hope hath placed Shall not life in pain outwaste, Fullest joy he yet shall taste.1659, Paul Gerhardt, A Song of Joy

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Questions about outwasting

What is outwasting the present participle and gerund of?
Outwasting is the present participle and gerund of outwaste.

Words near outwasting in the dictionary

  1. outwash
  2. outwashes
  3. outwaste
  4. outwasted
  5. outwastes
  6. outwasting
  7. outwatch
  8. outwatched
  9. outwatches
  10. outwatching
  11. outwave

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outwasting (page history and authors); outwaste (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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