Wasted (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Not used to good advantage; "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort".
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Meaning 2
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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Meaning 3
Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "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".
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Meaning 4
(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".
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Examples
- The muscles in her leg had become wasted from lack of use after the operation.
- Years of not speaking the language had left his Spanish skills wasted and in need of brushing up.
- The years of deprivation had left his body wasted and frail, with sunken eyes and hollow cheeks.
- The tumor had spread to his spine, causing the muscles in his back to become wasted and weak.
- After being bedridden for months, her wasted limbs struggled to support her as she took her first tentative steps.