Adjective : a wasting disease. ,the ravages of a wasting war.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : A candle wastes in burning. ,The might of England is wasting.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : The project was a waste of material, money, time, and energy. ,waste of opportunity. ,the waste and repair of bodily tissue. ,The forest fire left a blackened waste. ,a waste of snow. ,a fortune made in salvaging factory wastes.    From Dictionary.com. 

"And so it is," I insisted to the Man of Wrath, when he protested against what he called wasting my time upstairs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elizabeth and Her German Garden] Reference

A pointless exercise in wasting your time and energy.    From Wordnik.com.  [A View: The Science=Atheism Meme] Reference

Obama will be on the ground not with Mccain wasting time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Campaigns reject Bloomberg, ABC offer for televised town hall] Reference

Waste in wasting time and electrons to publish this garbage online.    From Wordnik.com.  [There are *8* Congressional Districts in Maryland. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference

I do not believe in wasting an animal to add to a trophy collection.    From Wordnik.com.  [What is your opinion on trophy hunting? Along the lines of hunting lions in Africa.] Reference

No sense in wasting this comment where the Special Olympians hang out.    From Wordnik.com.  [HOT NAKED CHICK IS PROBABLY CRAZY] Reference

Thank you for once again wasting the tax payer's time, President Obama.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama to meet this week with professor, officer] Reference

I have no interest in wasting my time correcting your innumerable errors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Hagel: Military Strike on Iran is ‘Not a Viable, Feasible, Responsible Option’] Reference

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jeff Carter doesn't believe in wasting scoring opportunities.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

'' I just don't see any use in wasting energy wishing about something that isn't.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open success starts between ears] Reference

Can someone please tell me where is the sense in wasting tax payers money like this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Police Pay Award (Lose the smiles) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

No sense in wasting money – gotta support those tax breaks to the super rich, you know.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) planned a personal WMD hunt] Reference

These methods could save you hours per week in wasting time looking for that one specific email.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Solutions for the Enigma of Email Proficiency | myFiveBest] Reference

If it were HP, they would agree to replacing the drive with something reliable and not persist in wasting my time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dell learns a lesson « BuzzMachine] Reference

There is no sense in wasting time listening to the paranoid ramblings of Beck and Rush, other than as entertainment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discourse.net: Economist.com Does '7 Questions for Dan Froomkin'] Reference

There's no sense in wasting time talking with any member of the GOP about anything, the answer is always the same, no.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arizona governor bucks senator's request over immigration law] Reference

Plus if they had a 50-70% kill off as I was told by a guy out there, no point in wasting mega bucks to go sit for a week.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Little Soldier from Texas] Reference

If the voters choice at this point will not give Senator Clinton a winning chance, what is the point in wasting good time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three more superdelegates for Obama] Reference

What Republicans are wasting is an opportunity for Democrats, who might have reservations against this pick, to fight internally.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sotomayor core dump] Reference

I'd call wasting people's time, which is negative value.    From Wordnik.com.  [blog maverick] Reference

Another struggle was overcoming the idea of wasting food.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starbulletin Headlines] Reference

It stung, but I didn’t drop the cup; no sense in wasting four bucks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Battleground] Reference

So there’s really no point in wasting the breath pointing out basic upgrades.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Kind of Science? « Imaginary Potential] Reference

Since you don’t live here, there is no point in wasting time arguing with you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Two Percent] Reference

He didn't like the idea of wasting magic, but he didn't like unnecessary risk either.    From Wordnik.com.  [Faun & Games]

If you don't like the idea of wasting water, you might want to check out the Efergy shower timer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets] Reference

I am shocked at the idea of wasting €220,000 on sending out cards to all households giving an update on the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

I do not like the idea of wasting them on that lamentable subdivision of human society which one ignores save when held up by a footpad.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sacrificial Altar] Reference

He proposed to continue the policy of "wasting" the campaign.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference

The city does prohibit "wasting" water, which is water that runs off into a street.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Glennon: Singin' in the Rain] Reference

It is the index used to measure acute malnutrition called "wasting", meaning current or acute malnutrition at the time of the survey.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. Introduction to anthropometric surveys] Reference