Wastings

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Materials or resources that have been wasted or discarded
2. Byproducts resulting from a process that are deemed undesirable or worthless
3. Remnants left behind after the main use of an item, often representing inefficiency or loss

Etymology: "Wastings" is the plural of "wasting," so its history is really the history of the noun "wasting" in its sense of something wasted or discarded. Because the source here gives only the plural relationship, the main point to take away is that the plural simply follows the singular, and the singular carries the meaning of leftover or squandered material. Its story runs back to the verb "waste," which is the root from which the noun was formed.

Synonyms: depletions, diminutions

Antonyms: accumulations