wasted

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Adjective

wasted (comparative more wasted, superlative most wasted)

  1. Not profitably used.
    Synonyms: down the toilet, misspent, squandered
  2. Ravaged or deteriorated.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deteriorated
  3. Emaciated and haggard.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:weak, Thesaurus:scrawny
  4. (slang) Exhausted.
    • 1982 February 13, Lee Swislow, “Amazon Trekking”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 9:
      A brief steep ascent and then a more gradual ascent through snow. Bets probably had taken my water container by then. Mack asks how I'm doing. I manage the words — pretty wasted. She offers to take the tent.
  5. (slang) Very drunk or stoned.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk, Thesaurus:stoned
    • 1969, Steve Winwood, “Can't Find My Way Home”, performed by Blind Faith:
      Well I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time / And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
    • 2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, spoken by Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck):
      I went to the minimart...It’s about a fifteen minute walk both ways. But I didn’t wanna drive cause I was really wasted.
  6. (medicine) Low weight-for-height (for a person).
    Synonym: underweight

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Verb

wasted

  1. simple past and past participle of waste

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