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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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Recent Examples of wasted
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
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
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wasted
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Capasa noted that a negative third quarter impacted by weak internal demand, the slowdown of purchases from Chinese customers and overall geopolitical instability kept worsening the cautious scenario already registered in the first half of the year.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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Scene-to-scene continuity is typically weak and telling.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 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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Frank Grillo, who’s at the center of it (playing a ripped bruiser who is also…a molecular biologist!), has a way of making any pulp movie better.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
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But forget ‘50’s Hollywood leading men in simple white ripped tops.Alex Badia, WWD, 25 June 2024
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Setting things in motion was the dropping off of a drunk seaman at NIS, by a Shore Patrol officer who was in a rush to a hot date and didn’t have time for a proper handoff to the MPs.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Dec. 2024
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Officers found Stewart drunk behind the wheel of a 2021 Honda Civic.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
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My mom is a fashion lover, and growing up on Long Island meant weekends were spent piling into the family car for a trip to Green Acres Mall.Alyssa Hardy, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Guardian reported the country spent more than $6 billion on sports deals between 2021 and 2023.Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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They were all punished harshly—lives ruined.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Johnny sued Amber in 2019 for defamation, claiming that the op-ed article ruined his career and took away his acting opportunities, as well as his long-standing role in Pirates of the Caribbean.Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 5 Dec. 2024
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With Assad gone and Iran weakened, new commercial routes, reconstruction opportunities, and trade corridors beckon.Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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But Israeli bombardments have weakened Tehran as well as its allies in the Axis of Resistance—Lebanon's Hezbollah.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 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 19 Dec. 2024.
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