Definition (adj) serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
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otiose lines in a play
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advice is wasted words
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a pointless remark
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a life essentially purposeless
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senseless violence
Definition (adj) not used to good advantage
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squandered money cannot be replaced
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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
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partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm
Definition (adj) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
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emaciated bony hands
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a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
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eyes were haggard and cavernous
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small pinched faces
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kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
