1 [U,sing.] ~ (of sth) the fact of losing or destroying sth, especially because it has been used or dealt with carelessly:
It was a new production technique aimed at minimizing wastage. * This lack of jobs has resulted in a huge wastage of talent.
2 [U] the amount of sth that is wasted:
There is little wastage from a lean cut of meat. * Always allow for some wastage when ordering building materials.
3 [U] (BrE) the loss of employees because they stop working or move to other jobs; the number of students who do not finish a particular course of study:
Half of the posts will be lost through natural wastage. * student wastage rates
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for wastage is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is wastage a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, wastage is tagged as noun.
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