wasted

• enPR: wāstʹĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈweɪstɪd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪstɪd
• Homophone: waisted

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) Very drunk or stoned.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk, Thesaurus:stoned

   • 1969, Steve Winwood (lyrics and music), “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.

5. (medicine) Low weight-for-height (for a person).

   Synonym: underweight

• (medicine): stunted

wasted

1. simple past and past participle of waste

• stawed, tawsed, wadest, wadset