: loss, decrease, or destruction of something (as by use, decay, erosion, or leakage)
especially
: wasteful or avoidable loss of something valuable
Examples of wastage in a Sentence
the slash-and-burn wastage of the surrounding countryside as the army made its way to the sea
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Radhika Kak, Independent Researcher At Harvard Business School and Varad Pande, Partner At Bcg, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
Lunches and dinners are served à la carte to reduce food wastage.
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Despite allegations of wastage, the US government’s investment in universities has been recouped many times over via the innovations and human capital universities have created.
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Excess government wastage and spending keep taxes high and contribute to making investing in our country increasingly unattractive.
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Radhika Kak, Independent Researcher At Harvard Business School and Varad Pande, Partner At Bcg, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
Lunches and dinners are served à la carte to reduce food wastage.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2025
Despite allegations of wastage, the US government’s investment in universities has been recouped many times over via the innovations and human capital universities have created.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Excess government wastage and spending keep taxes high and contribute to making investing in our country increasingly unattractive.
—Shivaune Field, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wastage
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“Wastage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wastage. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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wastage
noun
wast·age
ˈwā-stij 
: loss, decrease, or destruction of something (as by use, decay, erosion, or leakage)
especially
: wasteful or avoidable loss of something valuable
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