waste away
phrasal verb
wasted away; wasting away; wastes away
: to become thinner and weaker because of illness or lack of food
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Starting in 1989, California began requiring municipalities to divert 50% of their waste away from landfill and toward more sustainable waste management solutions, such as recycling and compost.
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Before long, Mallory stopped eating entirely, subsisting on sweet tea and water, wasting away.
—Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025
As early as 2013, before The Blob really hit, divers and researchers had started noticing that sea stars were, quite literally, wasting away.
—Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
Now the Dodge Ram was sitting in a parking lot outside the soldier’s apartment, wasting away in the sun, costing Antonio money.
—Eli Saslow, New York Times, 4 May 2025
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Before long, Mallory stopped eating entirely, subsisting on sweet tea and water, wasting away.
—Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025
As early as 2013, before The Blob really hit, divers and researchers had started noticing that sea stars were, quite literally, wasting away.
—Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
Now the Dodge Ram was sitting in a parking lot outside the soldier’s apartment, wasting away in the sun, costing Antonio money.
—Eli Saslow, New York Times, 4 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for waste away
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“Waste away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20away. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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