Referring to something that cause a waste, particularly a wasting disease which causes pronounced loss of body mass
When a child has a very low weight compared to other children of the same height (The technical definition is two standard deviations or more below the median weight for height of the reference population ) Wasting is an indicator of short-term or acute malnutrition
Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune
A term depicting how an option's value decreases over time; as each day after acquisition passes a portion of the option's time value is lost or wasted
Removal of excess bacteria that would cause settling problems If the bacteria produced throughout the day were not removed, they would build up to a point that the sludge could not settle and the effluent quality would be poor