wasted

Definition

Adjective:
- (of a person or body part) Extremely thin and weak, often due to illness, hunger, or lack of use. This describes a severe reduction in flesh or muscle mass.
- Used or expended carelessly, to no good purpose or with no positive result. This describes something, like time, effort, or resources, that was not used effectively or profitably.
- Having no useful purpose; pointless or meaningless. This describes actions, words, or things that serve no function or achieve nothing.

Examples of Usage

Describing a person or body part:
- After his long illness, he looked pale and wasted.
- The disease left her with wasted muscles in her legs.
Describing useless expenditure:
- It was a wasted opportunity to make peace.
- I feel like my entire afternoon was wasted on trivial tasks.
Describing something pointless:
- Giving him advice is wasted effort; he never listens.
- The meeting was full of wasted words and no decisions.

Advanced Usage

"Wasted on": Used to indicate that something valuable is not appreciated or understood by the recipient.
- Such a fine wine is wasted on someone who doesn't appreciate it.
- My clever explanation was wasted on him.

Variants and Related Words

Waste (verb/noun): The act or process of using something carelessly or the unwanted material that remains.
- Don't waste water. (verb)
- The factory produces toxic waste. (noun)
Wastage (noun): The amount of something that is wasted.
- We need to reduce food wastage in the cafeteria.
Wasteful (adjective): Using more than is necessary; characterized by waste.
- Leaving the lights on is wasteful.

Synonyms

Related Phrases

Go to waste: To not be used and therefore be wasted.
- We have so much food; we can't let it go to waste.
Lay waste to: To completely destroy or devastate something.
- The fire laid waste to the entire forest.

Adjective

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- emaciated bony hands
- a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
- eyes were haggard and cavernous
- small pinched faces
- kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
(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
not used to good advantage
- squandered money cannot be replaced
- a wasted effort
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
- otiose lines in a play
- advice is wasted words
- a pointless remark
- a life essentially purposeless
- senseless violence

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