English adjective: wasted | |||
1. | wasted serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being | ||
Samples | Otiose lines in a play. Advice is wasted words. A pointless remark. A life essentially purposeless. Senseless violence. | ||
Synonyms | otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous | ||
Similar | worthless | ||
Antonyms | valuable | ||
2. | wasted not used to good advantage | ||
Samples | Squandered money cannot be replaced. A wasted effort. | ||
Synonyms | squandered | ||
Similar | lost | ||
Antonyms | found | ||
3. | wasted (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use | ||
Samples | Partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm. | ||
Synonyms | atrophied, diminished | ||
Antonyms | enlarged, hypertrophied | ||
4. | wasted very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | ||
Samples | 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 | bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal | ||
Similar | lean, thin | ||
Antonyms | fat | ||