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wasted

wasted

adj.

serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; otiose, pointless, superfluous
otiose lines in a play
advice is wasted words
not used to good advantage; squandered
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; atrophied, diminished
partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal
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

n.

any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; waste material, waste matter, waste product
they collect the waste once a week
much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers
useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; wastefulness, dissipation
if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste
mindless dissipation of natural resources
the trait of wasting resources; thriftlessness, wastefulness
a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
the wastefulness of missed opportunities
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; barren, wasteland
the barrens of central Africa
the trackless wastes of the desert
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect; permissive waste

v.

spend thoughtlessly; throw away; blow, squander
He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
use inefficiently or inappropriately
waste heat
waste a joke on an unappreciative audience
get rid of
We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
run off as waste; run off
The water wastes back into the ocean
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, knock off, do in
The mafia liquidated the informer
the double agent was neutralized
spend extravagantly; consume, squander, ware
waste not, want not
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; pine away, languish
After her husband died, she just pined away
cause to grow thin or weak; emaciate, macerate
The treatment emaciated him
devastate or ravage; lay waste to, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
waste away; rot
Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world

adj.

located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; desert, godforsaken, wild
a desert island
a godforsaken wilderness crossroads
a wild stretch of land
waste places

1. killed
2. ruined, destroyed
3. penniless
4. very drunk
5. utterly overcome by a drug

badly injured, bruised, beat up Tom was wasted by the C-Train Gang. He's in the hospital.

wastes|wasted|wasting
syn.: consume dregs exhaust garbage refuse rubbish spend squander use up
ant.: save