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wasted

/ˈweɪstɪd/

wasted adjective: not profitably used. Also the simple past and past participle of waste.

Adjective

wasted (comparative more wasted, superlative most wasted)

  1. Not profitably used.
  2. Ravaged or deteriorated.
  3. Emaciated and haggard.
  4. (slang) Exhausted.
    • A brief steep ascent and then a more gradual ascent through snow. Bets probably had taken my water container by then. Mack asks how I'm doing. I manage the words — pretty wasted. She offers to take the tent.1982 February 13, Lee Swislow, “Amazon Trekking”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 9
  5. (slang) Very drunk or stoned.
    • Well I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time / And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home1969, Steve Winwood, “Can't Find My Way Home”, performed by Blind Faith
    • I went to the minimart...It’s about a fifteen minute walk both ways. But I didn’t wanna drive cause I was really wasted.2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, spoken by Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck)
  6. Low weight-for-height (for a person).
    Synonyms:
    underweight

Also used as

wasted is also the simple past and past participle of waste.

wasted meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

wasted in Tamil

வீணாகியது, வீணானது, வீணாகிப் போனது

wasted in Telugu

వృధా, వృథా, వృధా అయింది

wasted in Malayalam

പാഴായിപ്പോയി, പാഴായി, പാഴായിപ്പോകുന്നു

wasted in Kannada

ವ್ಯರ್ಥವಾಗಿದೆ, ವ್ಯರ್ಥವಾಯಿತು, ವ್ಯರ್ಥವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ
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wasted in Gujarati
નકામું થયું, નકામું થઈ ગયું
wasted in Odia
ଅପଚଯ଼ ହୋଇଛି

Examples of wasted in a sentence

  • We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.
  • The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.
  • They act turbo wasted when they have more than a few beers in them.

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Synonyms of wasted

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Forms of wasted

comparativemore wasted
superlativemost wasted

Words formed from wasted

Phrases with wasted

Words that rhyme with wasted

Questions about wasted

What does wasted mean?
Wasted means not profitably used.
What is wasted in Tamil?
Wasted in Tamil is வீணாகியது, வீணானது, வீணாகிப் போனது. See Wasted meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wasted?
Wasted is an adjective.
How do you pronounce wasted?
Wasted is pronounced /ˈweɪstɪd/.

Words near wasted in the dictionary

  1. wastebooks
  2. wastecan
  3. wastecans
  4. wastecoat
  5. wastecoats
  6. wasted
  7. wasted away
  8. wasted breath
  9. wasted time
  10. wasteful
  11. wastefully

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: wasted (page history and authors); wasted (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wasted (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wasted (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wasted (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wasted (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wasted (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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