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as in weak
lacking bodily strength
a wasted frame—a shadow of the man he once was
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as in haggard
suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease
a frail and wasted famine victim
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as in ripped
slang
being under the influence of a recreational drug
the documentary portrays the comedian as someone who was often too wasted to function socially
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as in drunk
slang
being under the influence of alcohol
unfortunately, his college years were largely spent getting wasted
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as in spent
to use up carelessly
he wasted his lottery winnings on booze-soaked nights with gold diggers
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as in ruined
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
one country attempting to waste another
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as in weakened
to diminish the physical strength of
endless months of inactivity wasted him
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
So cell-to-pack allows the module building blocks to be left out of a battery pack, meaning less wasted volume.
—Mark Andrews, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2022
To Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Blizzard’s corporate parent, this cancellation was a massive failure—not just a money drain but a wasted opportunity.
—Jason Schreier, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
There’s no wasted space here, thanks to smart furnishings like an open wardrobe and rainfall shower, all complemented by oversized windows to scope the city’s streets.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2024
His manner can resemble his movies—patient, intense, with no wasted motion.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Companies still pay for eyeballs on their products, but AI delivers much better prospects for far fewer wasted ad dollars.
—Lindsey Witmer Collins, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Commodity industries, like mining, are naturally risk averse, and the efforts can quickly drive up a collective sense of anxiety and dissolve into disconnected projects that ignite a sense of wasted focus.
—Claudio Saes, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
After a look of confusion or exclamation over the wasted ketchup, the partners, who are primarily men, are fairly divided in their reactions.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
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There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
So cell-to-pack allows the module building blocks to be left out of a battery pack, meaning less wasted volume.
—Mark Andrews, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2022
To Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Blizzard’s corporate parent, this cancellation was a massive failure—not just a money drain but a wasted opportunity.
—Jason Schreier, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
There’s no wasted space here, thanks to smart furnishings like an open wardrobe and rainfall shower, all complemented by oversized windows to scope the city’s streets.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2024
His manner can resemble his movies—patient, intense, with no wasted motion.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Companies still pay for eyeballs on their products, but AI delivers much better prospects for far fewer wasted ad dollars.
—Lindsey Witmer Collins, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Commodity industries, like mining, are naturally risk averse, and the efforts can quickly drive up a collective sense of anxiety and dissolve into disconnected projects that ignite a sense of wasted focus.
—Claudio Saes, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
After a look of confusion or exclamation over the wasted ketchup, the partners, who are primarily men, are fairly divided in their reactions.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wasted
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The company’s poor financial performance last quarter and weak profit forecast proved to be the last straw for the CVS board.Phil Wahba, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Beijing can mitigate this with more stimulus, export controls and a weaker currency, although these steps carry risks such as capital flight, debt and further trade conflict.David Kirton, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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The face that confronted him was haggard and gaunt, its hair and beard unkempt.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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These are films about a haggard failson trying to hold his life together with the help of a wise-cracking goo monster who longs for the taste of human brains.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024
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For once, the entity piercing through The View's airspace was not a phantom noise, a doomed gnat, an unknown spectral entity, or Joy Behar's cell phone, but rather the thrusting pelvis of a ripped stripper.Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Brenda Ceja of Whittier brought in a ripped pair of pants for her second visit to Radical Sewing Club.Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
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In 2022, Musk posted a link to an article that alleged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, was drunk and in a fight with a male prostitute and not attacked in the couple's home before deleting the post.Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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The book recounts a story from 1972, when Lennon and Ono were guests at a party where the former Beatles singer got drunk while watching the presidential election results between Richard Nixon and George McGovern at anti-war activist Jerry Rubin’s Greenwich Village apartment.Liz McNeil, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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The piece, The Frugal Meal, depicts a gaunt couple at a dinner table before an empty bowl, a small loaf of bread and a bottle of wine.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
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For many of us, our first exposure to death involved an animal: the firefly in the Mason jar, the bird beneath the window, the deer beside the highway, the beloved cat gone gaunt with age, curled up stiff below the basement stairs.Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Jay Cutler Was 'Slurring His Words' and Had 'Bloodshot Eyes' at Time of DUI Arrest: Police After searching Cutler's car, the arresting officer found a rifle and a loaded handgun, per the affidavit.Julia Moore, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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During a search of Cutler's car, a rifle was allegedly found in the backset and a loaded handgun was found in the center console.Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
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But the dance party morphs into an intensely heated argument — complete with drunken insults and shattered glass — as the Owens sisters realize Angelov isn’t really gone.Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
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Three decades on, recollections of the drunken antics and petty feuds that marked the Britpop scene may have faded, but the era’s style iconography—and of course the music—remains.Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2024
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Low wages, high youth unemployment and a feeble social safety net mean China’s household spending is less than 40% of annual economic output, some 20 percentage points below the global average.Reuters, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
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The economy has been weighed down by the weakness of its industrial sector amid Russia’s shutdown in natural gas supplies after the invasion of Ukraine, as well as feeble Chinese demand and the car industry’s difficulties in pivoting to electric vehicles.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Wasted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wasted. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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