| ADJECTIVE | all | wasted, otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous | serving no useful purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | wasted, squandered | not used to good advantage | |
| all | wasted, atrophied, diminished | (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use | |
| all | wasted, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold |
| Sounds | wey'stahd; wey'stihd | |
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| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd... | |
| abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... | ||
| Meaning | Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being. | |
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| Example | "advice is wasted words" | |
| Synonyms | otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous | |
| Broader | worthless | lacking in usefulness or value |
| Spanish | incapaz, ineficaz, inepto, inútil, vano | |
| Catalan | incapaç, ineficaç, inepte, inútil, va | |
| Meaning | not used to good advantage. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a wasted effort" | |
| Synonym | squandered | |
| Broader | lost | no longer in your possession or control |
| Spanish | desaprovechado, desperdiciado | |
| Meaning | (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 | |
| Opposite | hypertrophied, enlarged | (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells |
| Spanish | atrofiado | |
| Meaning | Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. | |
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| Example | "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" | |
| Synonyms | cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal | |
| Broader | thin, lean | lacking excess flesh |
| Spanish | cadavérico, chupado, consumido, delgaducho, demacrada, demacrado, descarnado, enclenque, enjuto, escuálido, esquelético, huesudo, macilenta, macilento, raquítico, seco | |
| Catalan | cadavèric, consumit, demacrat, descarnat, escanyolit, escarransit, esquelètic, magre, ossut, raquític, ressec, sec, xuclat | |
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