wasted (ˈweɪstɪd
)
Definitions
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
waste (weɪst)
Definitions
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
- physiology
- 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
- See lay waste
Alternative Forms
ˈwastable adjectiveWord Origin
C13: from Anglo-French waster, from Latin vastāre to lay waste, from vastus emptySynonyms
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wear out,
wither,
deplete,
debilitate,
drain,
undermine,
exhaust,
disable,
consume,
gnaw,
eat away,
corrode,
enfeeble,
sap the strength of
emaciate,
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squandering,
misuse,
loss,
expenditure,
extravagance,
frittering away,
lost opportunity
dissipation,
wastefulness,
misapplication,
prodigality,
unthriftiness
=
rubbish,
refuse,
debris,
sweepings,
scrap,
litter,
garbage,
trash,
leftovers,
offal,
dross,
dregs,
leavings,
offscourings,
=
uncultivated,
wild,
bare,
barren,
empty,
devastated,
dismal,
dreary,
desolate,
unproductive,
uninhabited,
Quotations
"It's no use making shoes for geese"
Usage examples
Godfrey, I hope you haven't wasted all our housekeeping on tea!
, THE RIVAL QUEENS: A Countess Ashby de la Zouche Mystery (2002)Instead, the intolerance of Labour will cost us all hundreds of thousands of pounds a year in wasted police time.
Country Life (2005)Patrick Vieira and Edu linked quickly with Thierry Henry and Nwanko Kanu while Laurent wasted no time pushing forward on the left flank.
Irish Times (2002)There will be dozens of examples of money being lost or wasted through error or incompetence for every instance of misappropriation.
Glasgow Herald (2002)The time you take to assess and appreciate life will never be wasted.
, BE YOUR BEST: How Anyone can become Fit, Healthy and Confident (2002)