WASTED


Meaning of WASTED in English

I. adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of wasten to waste

1. : laid waste : ravaged

did fix mine eye upon the wasted building — Shakespeare

2. : impaired in strength or health : made weak or thin (as from disease or hunger) : emaciated

kept life in his wasted frame not by hope but only by a grim ancient concentration — R.O.Bowen

3. obsolete : elapsed

the chronicle of wasted time — Shakespeare

4. : unprofitably used, made, or expended : squandered

wasted effort

a wasted trip

wasted money

II. adjective

slang : intoxicated from drugs or alcohol

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.