wasting
/ˈweɪstɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
wasting is spelled W-A-S-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, wasting means “Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in wasting?
| Letters | 7: W-A-S-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,957th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is wasting?
Wasting appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce wasting?
- /ˈweɪstɪŋ/
Wasting has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-wasting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of wasting
- wastings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wasting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
noun
- 1
Gradual deterioration or wasting away.
muscular wastings
- 2
The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of waste
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).