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   Wast·ed

   /ˈwāstəd/

   

   adjective

   • 1. used or expended carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose: "wasted fuel" Similar squanderedmisspentmisdirectedmisuseddissipatedfrittered awaypointlessuselessunnecessaryneedlessnot neededinformal:blownsplurgedmissedlostpastforfeitedneglectedsquanderedbungledgonegone by the boardinformal:down the drain
   • ▪ (of an action) not producing the desired result: "I'm sorry you've had a wasted journey"
   • 2. (of a person or a part of the body) weak or emaciated: "her wasted arm" Similar emaciatedatrophiedwitheredshriveledweakweakenedfrailshrunkenskeletalricketyscrawnycadaverouswiltedfadedflaggingdeterioratingdegenerativegaunthaggardwizenedundernourishedstarvedhalf-starved
   • 3. under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs: informal "he looked kind of wasted" Similar drunkdrunkeninebriatedintoxicatedbefuddledincapabletipsythe worse for drinkunder the influencemaudlinblind drunkdead drunkrolling drunkroaring drunk(as) drunk as a lord(as) drunk as a skunksottishtipplingtopinggin-soakedinformal:tightmerrythe worse for wearwoozypie-eyedtwo/three sheets to the windunder the tableplasteredsmashedwreckedsloshedwell oiledsozzledsousedblottoblitzedcannedstewedpickledtanked (up)soakedbombedhammeredblastedoff one's faceout of/off one's headout of one's skullwiredin one's cupsreelingcock-eyedzonkedgutteredfuddledstinkorattedleglesssteamingbevviedparalyticBrahms and Liszthalf cutout of ithaving had a skinfulbladderedtrolleyedwell awaysquiffytiddlyout of one's boxhaving had one over the eightcutsteamedmulleredslaughteredlashedvulgar slang:pissedas pissed as a newt/fartrat-arsedarseholedinformal:foufullshickeredshotturntgrogged upas full as a googinkedmuntedlekkereuphemistic:tired and emotionalinformal, dated:stonedlit upas tight as a tickhalf seas overpixilatedarchaic:sottedbesottedfoxedscrewedrare:crapulentcrapulousinebriatebibulousebriousebrioseebriateOpposite sober

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