Wasted Definition & Meaning

wasted
adjective
  1. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
  2. not used to good advantage; "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort"
  3. (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"
  4. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

Synonyms for wasted

atrophied adj

(of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use

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blasted adj

expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter

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bony adj

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands

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cadaverous adj

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands

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desolate adj

providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes

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desolated
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destroyed adj

spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed

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devastated
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diminished adj

impaired by diminution (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or

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emaciated adj

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands

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"Wasted" in song lyrics

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  • "What up step back and get wasted"
    11/5 — Garcia Vegas
  • "Kicked in the door with no time to be wasted"
    51.50 — Steady Stayin' Paid #2
  • "So while you're sitting around the house getting wasted"
    Aceyalone — I Got to Have it Too *

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What does wasted mean?
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence" not used to good advantage; "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort" (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm" very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
What part of speech is wasted?
Wasted is an adjective.
How many definitions does wasted have?
Wasted has 4 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).

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