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Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease
“The second is the silent tears in the eyes of the parents as they watch their limp and wasted children.”
Physically weak or lacking in strength
“She'd been looking wasted from all the drugs, but now she'd put on weight, plus she was wearing neat clothes, jeans, and a cute blouse, and her hair was shiny.”
Extremely tired or fatigued
“Being completely wasted after a workout isn't necessarily a good indicator of the quality of the workout.”
Heavily under the influence of drugs
“He was going to go hit the club, in his white shorts and matching shirt, and get wasted on ecstasy.”
Heavily under the influence of alcohol
“We'll take a cab home, because I'll be wasted after a few drinks.”
Having been missed, lost or unused, especially of an opportunity
“It was another opportunity wasted, for unions would never be as united again for another twenty years.”
Used or expended carelessly
“How can one not regret wasted time, missed opportunities, failure, as well as happiness of a kind that one can never know again?”
Used or expended to no productive purpose
“Setting direction and communicating corporate objectives quickly throughout the organization is crucial to avoid any wasted use of resources.”
Not fully utilized to a meaningful degree
“It is totally impossible that you can make any progress in this learning whilst your time and talents are wasted in the fatiguing and uncertain pursuit of literature.”
Abandoned or left to languish
“Local farmers often lamented that it was a great pity the land was not properly farmed and instead lay wasted.”
Organically decayed or broken down
Having been devastated or destroyed
Dead or deceased, or apparently so
Addicted or dependent on something, especially illicit substances
(of time or an opportunity) To have failed to take advantage of
To have ceased to retain something
“We cannot afford to waste any more money on frivolous items.”
(of a person or a part of the body) Past tense for to become progressively weaker and more emaciated
“My leg muscles would waste away before my eyes during the months when I was bedridden.”
Past tense for to physically debilitate or weaken
“Ultimately, I wouldn't be able to breathe, for the disease would waste away my diaphragm muscles.”
Past tense for to kill or severely injure (someone)
“I didn't want him dead, as he was too good at what he did for me to waste him like that.”
Past tense for to completely destroy or devastate
“It was a case of one party attempting to waste the other.”
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