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[ wey-stid ] / ˈweɪ stɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wasted ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivewaste (defs. 26-28). done to no avail; useless: wasted efforts. physically or psychologically exhausted; debilitated: to be wasted by a long illness. Slang. overcome by the influence of alcohol or drugs. Archaic. (of time) gone by. Origin of wastedlate Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at waste, -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM wastedwast·ed·ness, nounun·wast·ed, adjectiveWords nearby wastedwast, wastage, waste, waste away, wastebasket, wasted, waste disposal unit, wasteful, waste gate, waste heat recovery, wasteland Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wastedYour body is pretty adept at automatically searching for the most efficient movement patterns and avoiding wasted energy. Don't Judge a Runner's Efficiency by Their Stride|Alex Hutchinson|September 30, 2020|Outside Online Excited, Shaheen wasted no time and began interviewing surgeons, deciding upon Dr. Curtis Crane in Greenbrae, California. The Insurance Company Promised a Gender Reassignment. Then They Made a Mistake.|James Joiner|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Prosecutor Alessandro Leopizzi wasted no time in repeating the transcript to ask Schettino to confirm his words. The Costa Concordia’s Randy Reckless Captain Takes the Stand|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST An American general who “wasted” troops was looked on very unkindly by the civilian population and by the troops themselves. Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day|James Jones|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Numerous drug companies have spent (i.e., wasted) hundreds of millions of dollars proving this fact. Why There Will Never Be a Female Viagra|Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is a precious opportunity to strike a blow unto the very heart of the wedding-industrial complex and must not be wasted. The First-World Anarchist’s Guide to Weddings|Kelly Williams Brown|May 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST The divine arts are too good to be wasted in a twentieth century drawing-room! The Champagne Standard|Mrs. John Lane Was it only the wasted strength which had returned to him in his sleep? The Ancient Law|Ellen Glasgow His brother Laurence—wasted—all through women—atrophy of willpower! Five Tales|John Galsworthy Sir Geoffry threw back his overcoat from his wasted form as he sat down. Johnny Ludlow, Second Series|Mrs. Henry Wood But the wasted, flushed, hungry-eyed traveller is putting the miles behind him. Bonaventure|George Washington Cable
British Dictionary definitions for wasted
adjectivenot exploited or taken advantage ofa wasted opportunity useless or unprofitablewasted effort physically enfeebled and emaciateda thin wasted figure slang showing signs of habitual drug abuse Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to wastedtipsy, stoned, ripped, withered, lean, famished, starved, thin, undernourished, attenuated, atrophied, shrivelled, stewed, doped, inebriated, drunk, drugged, flying, bombed, intoxicated |