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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People imagine everyone on a GLP-1 is starving themselves, wasting away, or too sick from side effects to eat…and that’s simply not true.
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Self Staff, SELF, 9 Jan. 2026
This causes the muscles to weaken and waste away, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2025
Wong was born with spinal muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic condition that causes muscles to become weak and waste away.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
After some time, Hamlin emerged from his car and was greeted by his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates, relishing the fact his sixth attempt at a title wasted away despite leading 208 of the 319 laps after starting on the pole.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Waste away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20away. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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