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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Huge numbers of sea stars wasted away — with some locations losing over 90 percent of their stars.
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Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
That’s a crucial step in diverting waste away from landfills.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2025
Season 2 stagnated in part because the story involved a whole lot of doing nothing, as the girls in the past wasted away in the barren winter and the women in the present twiddled their thumbs without confronting each other.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
The Wild are wasting this homestand, and that team that once led the NHL in points in late December is starting to really, really waste away this season.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
That’s a crucial step in diverting waste away from landfills.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2025
Season 2 stagnated in part because the story involved a whole lot of doing nothing, as the girls in the past wasted away in the barren winter and the women in the present twiddled their thumbs without confronting each other.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
The Wild are wasting this homestand, and that team that once led the NHL in points in late December is starting to really, really waste away this season.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Waste away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20away. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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