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wastingness

wastingness noun: the state or condition of being wasting, causing something to waste away.

Noun

wastingness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being wasting, causing something to waste away.

Origin of wastingness

From wasting + -ness.

Questions about wastingness

What does wastingness mean?
Wastingness means the state or condition of being wasting, causing something to waste away.
What part of speech is wastingness?
Wastingness is a noun.

Words near wastingness in the dictionary

  1. wasting palsies
  2. wasting palsy
  3. wasting sickness
  4. wasting time
  5. wastingly
  6. wastingness
  7. wastings
  8. wastness
  9. wastnesses
  10. wastoid
  11. wastoids

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