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wasted (adj.)

late 14c., "enfeebled," past-participle adjective from waste (v.). Slang meaning "intoxicated" is from 1950s.

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Definitions of wasted from WordNet

wasted (adj.)
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;
advice is wasted words
wasted (adj.)
not used to good advantage;
a wasted effort
Synonyms: squandered
wasted (adj.)
(of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use;
Synonyms: atrophied / diminished
wasted (adj.)
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
Synonyms: cadaverous / emaciated / gaunt / haggard / pinched / skeletal
From wordnet.princeton.edu