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WASTAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anything lost by wear or waste
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("wastage" is a kind of...):
loss (something that is lost)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The process of wasting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("wastage" is a kind of...):
decrease; decrement (a process of becoming smaller or shorter)
Derivation:
waste (become physically weaker)
waste (cause to grow thin or weak)
waste (lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief)
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