Wasted

//ˈweɪstɪd// adj, verb, slang

adj, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of waste form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not profitably used.
  2. 2
    Ravaged or deteriorated.
  3. 3
    Emaciated and haggard.
  4. 4
    Exhausted. slang

    "A brief steep ascent and then a more gradual ascent through snow. Bets probably had taken my water container by then. Mack asks how I'm doing. I manage the words — pretty wasted. She offers to take the tent."

  5. 5
    Very drunk or stoned. slang

    "Well I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time / And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home"

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  1. 6
    Low weight-for-height (for a person).
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use wordnet
  2. 2
    very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold wordnet
  3. 3
    not used to good advantage wordnet
  4. 4
    serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
atrophiedcadaveroussquanderedraddleddamagedeffete

Example

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"When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time."

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white boy wastedwhite-girl wasted

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