wasted

[ wey-stid ]

/ ˈweɪ stɪd /

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adjective

waste(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 wasted

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at waste, -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM wasted

wast·ed·ness, noun un·wast·ed, adjective

Words nearby wasted

waste one's breath, waste pipe, waste product, waste well, wastebasket, wasted, wasteful, wasteland, wastelot, wastepaper, wastepaper basket

Definition for wasted (2 of 2)

waste

[ weyst ]

/ weɪst /

verb (used with object), wast·ed, wast·ing.

to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.

to fail or neglect to use: to waste an opportunity.

to destroy or consume gradually; wear away: The waves waste the rock of the shore.

to wear down or reduce in bodily substance, health, or strength; emaciate; enfeeble: to be wasted by disease or hunger.

to destroy, devastate, or ruin: a country wasted by a long and futile war.

Slang. to kill or murder.

verb (used without object), wast·ed, wast·ing.

to be consumed, spent, or employed uselessly or without giving full value or being fully utilized or appreciated.

to become gradually consumed, used up, or worn away: A candle wastes in burning.

to become physically worn; lose flesh or strength; become emaciated or enfeebled.

to diminish gradually; dwindle, as wealth, power, etc.: The might of England is wasting.

to pass gradually, as time.

noun

useless consumption or expenditure; use without adequate return; an act or instance of wasting: The project was a waste of material, money, time, and energy.

neglect, instead of use: waste of opportunity.

gradual destruction, impairment, or decay: the waste and repair of bodily tissue.

devastation or ruin, as from war or fire.

a region or place devastated or ruined: The forest fire left a blackened waste.

anything unused, unproductive, or not properly utilized.

an uncultivated tract of land.

a wild region or tract of land; desolate country, desert, or the like.

an empty, desolate, or dreary tract or extent: a waste of snow.

anything left over or superfluous, as excess material or by-products, not of use for the work in hand: a fortune made in salvaging factory wastes.

remnants, as from the working of cotton, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil, etc.

Physical Geography. material derived by mechanical and chemical disintegration of rock, as the detritus transported by streams, rivers, etc.

garbage; refuse.

wastes, excrement.

adjective

not used or in use: waste energy; waste talents.

(of land, regions, etc.) wild, desolate, barren, or uninhabited; desert.

(of regions, towns, etc.) in a state of desolation and ruin, as from devastation or decay.

left over or superfluous: to utilize waste products of manufacture.

having served or fulfilled a purpose; no longer of use.

rejected as useless or worthless; refuse: to salvage waste products.

Physiology. pertaining to material unused by or unusable to the organism.

designed or used to receive, hold, or carry away excess, superfluous, used, or useless material (often in combination): a waste pipe; waste container.

Obsolete. excessive; needless.

Origin of waste

1150–1200; 1960–65 for def 6; (adj.) Middle English < Old North French wast (Old French g(u)ast) < Latin vāstus desolate; (v.) Middle English < Old North French waster (Old French g(u)aster) < Latin vāstāre, derivative of vāstus; (noun) Middle English < Old North French wast(e) (Old French g(u)aste), partly < Latin vāstum, noun use of neuter of vāstus, partly derivative of waster; Old North French w-, Old French gu- by influence of cognate with Frankish *wōsti desolate (cognate with Old High German wuosti)

SYNONYMS FOR waste

1 misspend, dissipate, fritter away, expend.

3 erode.

5 ravage, pillage, plunder, sack, spoil, despoil.

10 decline, perish, wane, decay.

12 dissipation.

14 diminution, decline, emaciation, consumption.

15 spoliation, desolation.

24 rubbish, trash.

28 ruined, ghostly, destroyed.

29 unused, useless, extra.

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ANTONYMS FOR waste

1 save.

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synonym study for waste

19. See desert¹. 36. See ravage.

OTHER WORDS FROM waste

wast·a·ble, adjective waste·less, adjective out·waste, verb (used with object), out·wast·ed, out·wast·ing. un·wast·a·ble, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH waste

waist waste

Example sentences from the Web for wasted

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An American general who “wasted” troops was looked on very unkindly by the civilian population and by the troops themselves.

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It is a precious opportunity to strike a blow unto the very heart of the wedding-industrial complex and must not be wasted.

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The divine arts are too good to be wasted in a twentieth century drawing-room!

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Was it only the wasted strength which had returned to him in his sleep?

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His brother Laurence—wasted—all through women—atrophy of willpower!

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Sir Geoffry threw back his overcoat from his wasted form as he sat down.

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But the wasted, flushed, hungry-eyed traveller is putting the miles behind him.

Bonaventure |George Washington Cable

British Dictionary definitions for wasted (1 of 2)

wasted

/ (ˈweɪstɪd) /

adjective

not exploited or taken advantage of a wasted opportunity

useless or unprofitable wasted effort

physically enfeebled and emaciated a thin wasted figure

slang showing signs of habitual drug abuse

British Dictionary definitions for wasted (2 of 2)

waste

/ (weɪst) /

verb

(tr) to use, consume, or expend thoughtlessly, carelessly, or to no avail

(tr) to fail to take advantage of to waste an opportunity

(when intr, often foll by away) to lose or cause to lose bodily strength, health, etc

to exhaust or become exhausted

(tr) to ravage

(tr) informal to murder or kill I want that guy wasted by tomorrow

noun

the act of wasting or state of being wasted

a failure to take advantage of something

anything unused or not used to full advantage

anything or anyone rejected as useless, worthless, or in excess of what is required

garbage, rubbish, or trash

a land or region that is devastated or ruined

a land or region that is wild or uncultivated

physiol

the useless products of metabolism
indigestible food residue

disintegrated rock material resulting from erosion

law reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect, esp by a life-tenant

adjective

rejected as useless, unwanted, or worthless

produced in excess of what is required

not cultivated, inhabited, or productive waste land

of or denoting the useless products of metabolism
of or denoting indigestible food residue

destroyed, devastated, or ruined

designed to contain or convey waste products

lay waste to devastate or destroy

Derived forms of waste

wastable, adjective

Word Origin for waste

C13: from Anglo-French waster, from Latin vastāre to lay waste, from vastus empty

Medical definitions for wasted

waste

[ wāst ]

v.

To gradually lose energy, strength, or bodily substance, as from disease.

n.

The undigested residue of food eliminated from the body; excrement.

Scientific definitions for wasted

waste

[ wāst ]

Noun

An unusable or unwanted substance or material, such as a waste product. See also hazardous waste landfill.

Verb

To lose or cause to lose energy, strength, weight, or vigor, as by the progressive effects of a disease such as metastatic cancer.

Idioms and Phrases with wasted

waste

In addition to the idioms beginning with waste

waste away
waste not, want not
waste one's breath

also see:

go to waste
haste makes waste
lay waste

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verb (used with object), wast·ed, wast·ing.

verb (used without object), wast·ed, wast·ing.

noun

adjective

Origin of waste

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synonym study for waste

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Definition for wasted (2 of 2)

verb (used with object), wast·ed, wast·ing.

verb (used without object), wast·ed, wast·ing.

noun

adjective

Origin of waste

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synonym study for waste

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