wastage
- n the process of wasting
- n anything lost by wear or waste
- Beyond the human toll, the numbers stand for extraordinary economic wastagein wealth that will never be generated, professional expertise lost, and huge sums spent caring for .
- But in effect, two turbines are operated with the heat wastage of one.
- The wastage of eggs and the many spontaneously aborted fetuses may be acceptable when you're dealing with cats or bulls, he argues, but not with humans.