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wasted - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
wasted
Definition
(adj) serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
Synonyms
:
otiose
,
pointless
,
purposeless
,
senseless
,
superfluous
Example Sentence
otiose lines in a play
advice is wasted words
a pointless remark
a life essentially purposeless
senseless violence
Definition
(adj) not used to good advantage
Synonyms
:
squandered
Example Sentence
squandered money cannot be replaced
a wasted effort
Definition
(adj) (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
Synonyms
:
atrophied
,
diminished
Example Sentence
partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm
Definition
(adj) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Synonyms
:
bony
,
cadaverous
,
emaciated
,
gaunt
,
haggard
,
pinched
,
skeletal
Example Sentence
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
Word used in video below:
text: That's it; I've wasted my life.
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