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wasted in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- (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"
atrophied wasted diminished
- 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"
bony cadaverous emaciated gaunt haggard pinched skeletal wasted
- 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"
otiose pointless purposeless senseless superfluous wasted
- not used to good advantage
"squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort"
squandered wasted
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