adj. 25B6; adjective
a wasted effort : SQUANDERED, misspent, misdirected, misused, dissipated; pointless, useless, needless, unnecessary.
a wasted opportunity : MISSED, lost, forfeited, neglected, squandered, bungled; informal down the drain.
I'm wasted in this job : UNDEREMPLOYED, underused, too good for; neglected, forgotten, disregarded.
his wasted legs : EMACIATED, atrophied, withered, shrivelled, weak, frail, shrunken, skeletal, rickety, scrawny, wizened.
(informal) everybody at the party was wasted. : See drunk adjective .