wasted

Pronunciation

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

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Adjective

Positive wasted

Comparative more wasted

Superlative most wasted

1. We say that something is wasted if it was not used, but should have been used, and now it can't be used.

   We forgot to put the food in the refrigerator to keep it cold, so it was all wasted.

2. Someone is wasted if they are very thin, as if they didn't eat enough.

   She doesn't look healthy. She looks wasted.

Verb

Plain form waste

Third-person singular wastes

Past tense wasted

Past participle wasted

Present participle wasting

1. The past tense and past participle of waste.