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English adjective: wasted

1. wasted serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being


SamplesOtiose lines in a play.
Advice is wasted words.
A pointless remark.
A life essentially purposeless.
Senseless violence.


Synonymsotiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous


Similarworthless


Antonymsvaluable

2. wasted not used to good advantage


SamplesSquandered money cannot be replaced.
A wasted effort.


Synonymssquandered


Similarlost


Antonymsfound

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


SamplesPartial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm.


Synonymsatrophied, diminished


Antonymsenlarged, hypertrophied

4. wasted very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold


SamplesEmaciated 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.


Synonymsbony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal


Similarlean, thin


Antonymsfat









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