Synonyms of wasted

wasted 1 of 2

adjective

ˈwā-stəd 

1

as in weak

lacking bodily strength

a wasted frame—a shadow of the man he once was

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weak
• weakened
• feeble
• disabled
• exhausted
• paralyzed
• frail
• tired
• debilitated
• sapped
• faint
• enfeebled
• injured
• slight
• softened
• unsubstantial
• languid
• low
• soft
• incapacitated
• vulnerable
• weary
• drained
• wimpy
• infirm
• down-and-out
• effete
• challenged
• enervated
• prostrate
• delicate
• asthenic
• wimpish
• tender
• fragile
• prostrated
• invalid
• damaged
• hurt
• impotent
• powerless
• lame
• impaired
• decrepit
• dizzy
• susceptible
• unsteady
• flimsy
• groggy
• flagging
• broken-down
• woozy
• rocky
• breakable
• yielding
• harmed
• unsound
• worn-out
• resistless
• unresistant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• powerful
• strong
• mighty
• hard
• fit
• tough
• muscular
• athletic
• stout
• stalwart
• rugged
• virile
• beefy
• sinewy
• robust
• brawny
• hardened
• husky
• lusty
• strengthened
• able-bodied
• sturdy
• capable
• hardy
• sound
• vigorous
• fortified
• energetic
• energized
• healthy
• strapping
• competent
• recovering
• red-blooded
• inured
• toughened
• invigorated
• vitalized
• hale
• recuperating
• convalescing

2

as in haggard

suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease

a frail and wasted famine victim

Synonyms & Similar Words

• haggard
• gaunt
• skeletal
• starved
• starving
• hungry
• emaciated
• bony
• cadaverous
• spare
• thin
• scrawny
• undernourished
• skinny
• underfed
• lanky
• lank
• shrivelled
• rawboned
• sinewy
• withered
• famished
• shriveled
• scraggy
• boney
• wizened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• healthy
• fit
• beefy
• fat
• hearty
• brawny
• burly
• husky
• plump
• overweight
• obese
• hale
• corpulent
• chubby
• fleshy
• pudgy
• rotund
• tubby
• stocky
• flabby
• soft
• portly
• thickset
• heavyset
• roly-poly

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ripped
• loaded
• bombed
• hooked
• high
• blasted
• addicted
• spaced
• stoned
• blitzed
• wiped out
• strung out
• hopped-up
• zonked
• zonked-out
• spaced-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• sober
• clean
• temperate
• cool
• steady
• level
• abstinent
• abstemious
• clearheaded

4

as in drunk

slang being under the influence of alcohol

unfortunately, his college years were largely spent getting wasted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drunk
• drunken
• fried
• impaired
• wet
• bombed
• blind
• gassed
• loaded
• plastered
• ripped
• lit
• stewed
• inebriated
• blasted
• smashed
• crocked
• intoxicated
• hammered
• under the influence
• besotted
• sloshed
• stinking
• pickled
• tipsy
• tanked
• looped
• stoned
• squiffy
• blitzed
• canned
• inebriate
• juiced
• sozzled
• lit up
• three sheets to the wind
• boozy
• potted
• under the weather
• tight
• soused
• high
• stiff
• sottish
• wiped out
• three sheets in the wind
• squiffed
• blotto
• alcoholic
• cockeyed
• oiled
• tiddly
• pie-eyed
• in the bag
• dissipated
• maudlin
• in one's cups
• befuddled
• debauched
• crapulous
• stupefied
• strung out
• dissolute
• dopey
• beery
• rocky
• bleary-eyed
• dopy
• dipsomaniacal
• bibulous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• dry
• sober
• temperate
• cool
• steady
• level
• abstinent
• abstemious
• teetotal
• clearheaded

wasted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of waste

1

as in spent

to use up carelessly

he wasted his lottery winnings on booze-soaked nights with gold diggers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spent
• lost
• squandered
• dissipated
• misspent
• lavished
• threw away
• frittered (away)
• ran through
• blew
• trifled (away)
• consumed
• fiddled away
• exhausted
• made ducks and drakes of
• played ducks and drakes with
• depleted
• expended
• impoverished
• splurged
• indulged
• disbursed
• overspent
• laid out
• overindulged
• shot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conserved
• saved
• preserved
• protected
• skimped
• economized
• hoarded
• scrimped
• laid up

2

as in ruined

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

one country attempting to waste another

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruined
• destroyed
• demolished
• shattered
• wrecked
• devastated
• smashed
• damaged
• overcame
• extinguished
• eroded
• marred
• vaporized
• annihilated
• totalled
• pulverized
• decimated
• totaled
• wracked
• desolated
• crippled
• rubbed out
• ravaged
• killed
• tore down
• razed
• creamed
• pulled down
• defeated
• blasted
• crushed
• dismantled
• did in
• removed
• injured
• nuked
• spoiled
• broke
• impaired
• subdued
• harmed
• spoilt
• conquered
• trimmed
• deteriorated
• disintegrated
• mastered
• licked
• mutilated
• won (against)
• dissolved
• routed
• surmounted
• clobbered
• thrashed
• prevailed (over)
• disfigured
• whipped
• overmatched
• triumphed (over)
• bested
• mangled
• scotched
• wore (away)
• defaced
• vitiated
• swept (away)
• trounced
• eradicated
• plundered
• slaughtered
• washed out
• scoured
• gutted
• obliterated
• blew up
• sacked
• assassinated
• murdered
• despoiled
• dynamited
• wiped out
• disassembled
• looted
• dilapidated
• trashed
• trampled
• beat
• liquidated
• took down
• vandalized
• exterminated
• stamped (out)
• skunked
• expunged
• blotted out
• cut down
• pillaged
• drubbed
• executed
• undid
• butchered
• effaced
• zapped
• snuffed (out)
• rooted (out)
• extirpated
• massacred
• dispatched
• killed off
• walloped
• felled
• unmade
• slew
• overbore
• took out
• havocked
• unbuilt
• mowed (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• built
• constructed
• set up
• raised
• created
• erected
• fixed
• put up
• repaired
• produced
• reared
• made
• invented
• manufactured
• assembled
• saved
• formed
• shaped
• forged
• organized
• molded
• established
• fashioned
• brought about
• fabricated
• framed
• constituted
• preserved
• founded
• patched
• protected
• reconditioned
• mended
• instituted
• revamped
• doctored
• restored
• rebuilt
• reconstructed
• conserved
• fathered
• remodeled
• renovated

3

as in weakened

to diminish the physical strength of

endless months of inactivity wasted him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weakened
• exhausted
• tired
• softened
• injured
• sapped
• hurt
• damaged
• debilitated
• enfeebled
• depleted
• paralyzed
• crippled
• depressed
• impaired
• enervated
• devitalized
• disabled
• etiolated
• harmed
• prostrated
• impoverished
• incapacitated
• hamstrung
• laid up
• washed out
• ground (down)
• invalided
• wore down
• unmanned
• wore out
• broke down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strengthened
• fortified
• recruited
• energized
• hardened
• beefed (up)
• rejuvenated
• invigorated
• vitalized
• seasoned
• toughened

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wasted

Adjective

That means fewer unexpected shutdowns and less wasted time, as well as lower repair costs. —Cory McNeley, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025

Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says. —IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024

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