Antonyms for wasted
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : wey-stid |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪ stɪd |
Definition of wasted
Origin :- c.1200, "desolate regions," from Old French wast, from Latin vastum, neuter of vastus "waste" (see waste (v.)).
- Replaced Old English westen, woesten "a desert, wilderness," from the Latin word. Meaning "useless expenditure" is recorded from c.1300; sense of "refuse matter" is attested from c.1400. Waste basket first recorded 1850. Waste-paper first recorded 1580s.
- adj emaciated
- adj high on drugs
- Why, we wasted enough from breakfast to feed a small family.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I've wasted nearly three hours here now, dilly-dallying along.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But whether it was the food she gave him or what, 'e was that wasted you wouldn't have known him.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- These matters did not interest the searcher in the slightest; they only wasted his precious time.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- But he had nothing to show for the time he had spent or the money he had wasted.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- And to think that Rachel and I wasted our time trying to convert him!
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Night will be wasted, and day bring upon you the Christian army.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He was so wasted, that it seemed as if his bones would rattle when they moved him.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- False hopes had wasted a good half day and innumerable foot-pounds.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- What mean these two days wasted at Axminster at a time when every hour is of import?
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
Synonyms for wasted
- anorexic
- atrophied
- attenuated
- baked
- bombed
- bony
- boozed up
- buzzed
- doped
- drugged
- drunk
- famished
- feeling no pain
- flying
- fried
- gaunt
- haggard
- inebriated
- intoxicated
- lank
- lean
- loaded
- on a trip
- plastered
- ripped
- scrawny
- shrivelled
- skeletal
- skin-and-bones
- skinny
- sloshed
- smashed
- spaced out
- starved
- stewed
- stoned
- strung out
- tanked
- thin
- tipsy
- totaled
- tripping
- underfed
- undernourished
- withered
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