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wasted

Dictionary definition · wasted

adjective

  1. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being"otiose lines in a play"
  2. not used to good advantage"squandered money cannot be replaced"
  3. (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use"partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"
  4. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold"a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).