Antonyms for wasted


Grammar : Adj
Spell : wey-stid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪ stɪd


Definition of wasted

Origin :
  • c.1200, "desolate regions," from Old French wast, from Latin vastum, neuter of vastus "waste" (see waste (v.)).
  • Replaced Old English westen, woesten "a desert, wilderness," from the Latin word. Meaning "useless expenditure" is recorded from c.1300; sense of "refuse matter" is attested from c.1400. Waste basket first recorded 1850. Waste-paper first recorded 1580s.
  • adj emaciated
  • adj high on drugs
Example sentences :
  • Why, we wasted enough from breakfast to feed a small family.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I've wasted nearly three hours here now, dilly-dallying along.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • But whether it was the food she gave him or what, 'e was that wasted you wouldn't have known him.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • These matters did not interest the searcher in the slightest; they only wasted his precious time.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • But he had nothing to show for the time he had spent or the money he had wasted.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • And to think that Rachel and I wasted our time trying to convert him!
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Night will be wasted, and day bring upon you the Christian army.
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He was so wasted, that it seemed as if his bones would rattle when they moved him.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • False hopes had wasted a good half day and innumerable foot-pounds.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • What mean these two days wasted at Axminster at a time when every hour is of import?
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Synonyms for wasted

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