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Definitions for Wastage
[1] loss by use, wear, decay, etc.
[2] loss or losses as the result of wastefulness: The annual wastage of time due to illness is appalling.
[3] the action or process of wasting: the steady wastage of erosion.
[4] something that is wasted; waste or waste materials: The river was befouled by factory wastage.
[5] anything lost by wear or waste
[6] the process of wasting
[7] reduction in size of a workforce by retirement, voluntary resignation, etc (esp in the phrase natural wastage )
Words related to Wastage
misuse, diffusion, squander, dilapidation, misapplication, extravagance, havoc, prodigality, devastation, lavishness, decay, ruin, ravage, exhaustion, loss, desolation, expenditure, dissipation, wastefulness, destruction
Words nearby Wastage
wasserstein, wassily chair, wassup, wast, wast water, wastage, waste, waste away, waste disposal unit, waste gate, waste heat recovery
Origin of Wastage
First recorded in 1750–60; waste + -age
Synonyms for Wastage
misuse, decay, desolation, destruction, devastation, dilapidation, dissipation, disuse, exhaustion, expenditure, extravagance, fritter, havoc, improvidence, lavishness, loss, misapplication, overdoing, prodigality, ravage, ruin, squander, squandering, wastefulness, lost opportunity, unthriftiness