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ALL meanings of wasted

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  • noun wasted garbage; refuse. 1
  • noun wasted wastes, excrement. 1
  • idioms wasted go to waste, to fail to be used or consumed; be wasted: She hates to see good food go to waste. 1
  • idioms wasted lay waste, to devastate; destroy; ruin: Forest fires lay waste thousands of acres yearly. 1
  • adjective wasted unused 1
  • adjective wasted misused, squandered 1
  • adjective wasted achieved nothing 1
  • adjective wasted from hunger, disease 1
  • adjective wasted drunk or stoned 1
  • noun wasted Used or expended carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. 1
  • adjective wasted not used or in use: waste energy; waste talents. 1
  • adjective wasted (of land, regions, etc.) wild, desolate, barren, or uninhabited; desert. 1
  • adjective wasted (of regions, towns, etc.) in a state of desolation and ruin, as from devastation or decay. 1
  • adjective wasted left over or superfluous: to utilize waste products of manufacture. 1
  • adjective wasted having served or fulfilled a purpose; no longer of use. 1
  • adjective wasted rejected as useless or worthless; refuse: to salvage waste products. 1
  • adjective wasted Physiology. pertaining to material unused by or unusable to the organism. 1
  • adjective wasted designed or used to receive, hold, or carry away excess, superfluous, used, or useless material (often in combination): a waste pipe; waste container. 1
  • adjective wasted Obsolete. excessive; needless. 1
  • verb with object wasted to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words. 1
  • verb with object wasted to fail or neglect to use: to waste an opportunity. 1
  • verb with object wasted to destroy or consume gradually; wear away: The waves waste the rock of the shore. 1
  • verb with object wasted to wear down or reduce in bodily substance, health, or strength; emaciate; enfeeble: to be wasted by disease or hunger. 1
  • verb with object wasted to destroy, devastate, or ruin: a country wasted by a long and futile war. 1
  • verb with object wasted Slang. to kill or murder. 1
  • verb without object wasted to be consumed, spent, or employed uselessly or without giving full value or being fully utilized or appreciated. 1
  • verb without object wasted to become gradually consumed, used up, or worn away: A candle wastes in burning. 1
  • verb without object wasted to become physically worn; lose flesh or strength; become emaciated or enfeebled. 1
  • verb without object wasted to diminish gradually; dwindle, as wealth, power, etc.: The might of England is wasting. 1
  • verb without object wasted to pass gradually, as time. 1
  • noun wasted useless consumption or expenditure; use without adequate return; an act or instance of wasting: The project was a waste of material, money, time, and energy. 1
  • noun wasted neglect, instead of use: waste of opportunity. 1
  • noun wasted gradual destruction, impairment, or decay: the waste and repair of bodily tissue. 1
  • noun wasted devastation or ruin, as from war or fire. 1
  • noun wasted a region or place devastated or ruined: The forest fire left a blackened waste. 1
  • noun wasted anything unused, unproductive, or not properly utilized. 1
  • noun wasted an uncultivated tract of land. 1
  • noun wasted a wild region or tract of land; desolate country, desert, or the like. 1
  • noun wasted an empty, desolate, or dreary tract or extent: a waste of snow. 1
  • noun wasted anything left over or superfluous, as excess material or by-products, not of use for the work in hand: a fortune made in salvaging factory wastes. 1
  • noun wasted remnants, as from the working of cotton, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil, etc. 1
  • noun wasted Physical Geography. material derived by mechanical and chemical disintegration of rock, as the detritus transported by streams, rivers, etc. 1
  • verb wasted simple past tense and past participle of waste. 0
  • adjective wasted Not profitably used. 0
  • adjective wasted Ravaged or deteriorated. 0
  • adjective wasted Emaciated and haggard. 0
  • adjective wasted (Slang) very drunk or stoned. 0
  • adjective wasted (medicine) low weight-for-height (for a person). 0
  • adjective wasted A wasted action is one that is unnecessary. 0
  • adjective wasted Someone who is wasted is very tired and weak, often because of an illness. 0
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