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wasted

'weɪstʌd

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adjective
not used to good advantage
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"a wasted effort"

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squandered lost
adjective
(of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
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atrophied diminished
adjective
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
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"advice is wasted words"

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otiose pointless purposeless senseless superfluous worthless
adjective
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
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"kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

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cadaverous emaciated gaunt haggard pinched skeletal lean thin

Examples of wasted

"a wasted effort"
"advice is wasted words"
"kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"