wasted

wasted
adjective Date: 15th century 1. laid waste ; ravaged 2. impaired in strength or health ; emaciated 3. archaic gone by ; elapsed <
the chronicle of wasted time — Shakespeare
>
4. unprofitably used, made, or expended <
wasted effort
>
5. slang intoxicated from drugs or alcohol

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  • wasted — [adj1] emaciated anorexic, atrophied, attenuated, bony, famished, gaunt, haggard, lank, lean, scrawny, shrivelled, skeletal, skinand bones*, skinny, starved, thin, underfed, undernourished, withered; concepts 490,491 wasted [adj2] high on drugs… …   New thesaurus

  • wasted — index futile, irredeemable, lost (taken away), otiose, stale, unavailing, unsound (not strong) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C …   Law dictionary

  • wasted — pinched, cadaverous, *haggard, worn, careworn Analogous words: gaunt, scrawny, skinny, angular, rawboned (see LEAN adj) Contrasted words: sturdy, *strong, stout, stalwart: robust, *healthy …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • wasted — ☆ wasted [wās′təd ] adj. Slang 1. intoxicated by a drug 2. drunk …   English World dictionary

  • wasted — 1. mod. dead; killed. □ Pete didn’t want to end up wasted. □ That’s silly. We all end up wasted one way or another. 2. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. □ I really feel wasted. What did I drink? □ …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Wasted — Waste Waste, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wasting}.] [OE. wasten, OF. waster, guaster, gaster, F. g[^a]ter to spoil, L. vastare to devastate, to lay waste, fr. vastus waste, desert, uncultivated, ravaged, vast, but influenced by …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wasted — wast|ed [ weıstəd ] adjective 1. ) something such as time or money that is wasted is not used effectively: an entirely wasted day Someone with her experience would be wasted in a job like that. 2. ) INFORMAL someone who is wasted is very drunk or …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • wasted — adjective 1) a wasted effort Syn: squandered, misspent, misdirected, misused, dissipated; pointless, useless, needless, unnecessary; vain, fruitless 2) a wasted opportunity Syn: miss …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • wasted — UK [ˈweɪstɪd] / US [ˈweɪstəd] adjective 1) something such as time or money that is wasted is not used effectively an entirely wasted day Someone with her experience would be wasted in a job like that. 2) informal someone who is wasted is very… …   English dictionary

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