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Superlative for thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease
“The second is the silent tears in the eyes of the parents as they watch their limp and wasted children.”
Superlative for physically weak or lacking in strength
“She'd been looking wasted from all the drugs, but now she'd put on weight, plus she was wearing neat clothes, jeans, and a cute blouse, and her hair was shiny.”
Superlative for extremely tired or fatigued
“Being completely wasted after a workout isn't necessarily a good indicator of the quality of the workout.”
Superlative for heavily under the influence of drugs
“He was going to go hit the club, in his white shorts and matching shirt, and get wasted on ecstasy.”
Superlative for heavily under the influence of alcohol
“We'll take a cab home, because I'll be wasted after a few drinks.”
Superlative for having been missed, lost or unused, especially of an opportunity
“It was another opportunity wasted, for unions would never be as united again for another twenty years.”
Superlative for used or expended to no productive purpose
“Setting direction and communicating corporate objectives quickly throughout the organization is crucial to avoid any wasted use of resources.”
Superlative for abandoned or left to languish
“Local farmers often lamented that it was a great pity the land was not properly farmed and instead lay wasted.”
Superlative for spent in a bad way, squandered
Superlative for organically decayed or broken down
Superlative for having been devastated or destroyed
Superlative for dead or deceased, or apparently so
Superlative for not needed or necessary
Superlative for addicted or dependent on something, especially illicit substances
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