wast‧age /ˈweɪstɪdʒ/ noun [uncountable] formal
[Word Family: noun: wastage, waste, wastefulness, waster, wastrel; adjective: waste, wasteful, wasted, wasting; verb: waste; adverb: wastefully]

1. when something is lost or destroyed, especially in a way that is not useful or reasonable, or the amount that is lost or destroyed:
The system used to result in a great deal of food wastage.
wastage of
wastage of ability among working class children

2. natural wastage British English a reduction in the number of workers because of people leaving, retiring etc and not because they have lost their jobs

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wastage
noun
ADJ. excessive, high | natural Voluntary redundancies and natural wastage will cut staff numbers to the required level.
muscle Patients need exercise to prevent muscle wastage.
VERB + WASTAGE avoid, prevent | minimize | cut down on, reduce | increase | allow for Buy more paper than you need to allow for wastage.

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