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# wasting

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

«wasting» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Wasting means using something for nothing or losing it, like wasting time, water, food or money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/#m1)
2. Wasting also means using more than you need. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/#m2)
3. A wasting illness makes the body grow thin and weak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/#m3)

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

In Deuteronomy, a bodily sickness of hunger and disease, one of the punishments if Israel turns from God.

**Interpretation.** It belongs to Moses' song warning of what comes if the people forget God.

### Examples

- The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust. (Torah DEU.32.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wasting/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wasting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasting/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wasting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wasting.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «wasting» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wasting/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wasting» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wasting.html) on Mova free.