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WAYST-ij/ˈweɪstɪdʒ/

Wastage is loss of people, material, or money through waste; natural wastage is staff leaving and not being replaced: reduce wastage, natural wastage. Waste (already in the dictionary) is the everyday noun/verb; a hole on nights is still a hole.

Meaning

Loss of people, material, or money through waste; also natural wastage of staff.

Examples

• “Natural wastage is not a staffing model if nights go unstaffed.”
• “Waste is already in this course. Attrition is the HR twin. A model is a plan with names. An empty night is a finding. Name a replacement; do not caption the hole.”

Good to know

Loss through waste (including staff leaving). Everyday: waste (already in the dictionary). Attrition ≠ unstaffed nights.

Near in meaning

attrition

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