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wasted
adjective
Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
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ˈweɪstɪd
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adjective
Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
“Otiose lines in a play”
adjective
Not used to good advantage
“Squandered money cannot be replaced”
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”
adjective
Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
“A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys”
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Otiose lines in a play
Advice is wasted words
A pointless remark
A life essentially purposeless
Senseless violence
Squandered money cannot be replaced
A wasted effort
Partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm
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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