Wasted - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈweɪstɪd|  American pronunciation of the word wasted
Brit.  |ˈweɪstɪd|  British pronunciation of the word wasted
- this word is a past tense form of the verbto waste
- this word is a past participle form of the verbto waste

adjective

- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being (syn: otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous)
advice is wasted words
- not used to good advantage (syn: squandered)
a wasted effort
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold (syn: cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal)
kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration

Extra examples

I'm sorry, you've had a wasted journey; Mr. Newton isn't here.

I saw him before the party and he was already wasted.

...a wasted frame—a shadow of the man he once was...

I'm sorry that I wasted your time.

We have already wasted a considerable amount of time and money.

She has a simple golf swing with no wasted motion.

He always wasted his money on useless gadgets.

...the results of the DNA fingerprinting finally exonerated the man, but only after he had wasted 10 years of his life in prison...

...unfortunately, the burglary, which he committed while still a teen, was but a prologue to a wasted life of crime...

...when the winds suddenly shifted on social values, the weathercocks wasted no time in proclaiming their newfound passion for conservatism...

It is wasted time and energy to try to buck any legitimate movement.

Forty days wasted in useless chicanery.

I wasted half an hour this morning conversing with my neighbour.

A lot of water is wasted through leakage.

The estate was wasted during its alienation.

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