Wasted - English meaning

adjective

(of body tissue or an organ) wasted away or rudimentary.

Usage examples:

Atrophied muscles

verb

(of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution.

Usage examples:

The calf muscles will atrophy

verb

Past simple and past participle of atrophy

verb

(of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution.

Usage examples:

The calf muscles will atrophy

noun

The process of atrophying or state of having atrophied.

Usage examples:

Gastric atrophy

verb

(of a part of the body) to be reduced in size and therefore strength, or, more generally, to become weaker

Usage examples:

After several months in a hospital bed, my leg muscles had atrophied., in the 1980s, their politica…

adjective

Unable to think clearly; confused or perplexed.

Usage examples:

Even in my befuddled state i could see that they meant trouble

verb

Make (someone) unable to think clearly.

Usage examples:

The logic used to arrive at this conclusion befuddles me

adjective

Confused and unable to think clearly

Usage examples:

The director was sitting there looking somewhat befuddled.

adjective

Denoting a type of glassware made by forcing air through molten glass.

Usage examples:

A stunning collection of blown glass figurines

verb

(of wind) move creating an air current.

Usage examples:

A cold breeze was blowing in off the sea

verb

Produce flowers or be in flower.

Usage examples:

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows

adjective

(of a task) carried out clumsily or incompetently.

Usage examples:

A bungled bank raid

verb

Carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently.

Usage examples:

He bungled his first attempt to manage a group of professional players

adjective

Done very badly, in a careless or stupid way

Usage examples:

A bungled robbery, because of the bungled investigation, the accused men are free and will not be b…

adjective

Very pale, thin, or bony.

Usage examples:

He was gaunt and cadaverous

adjective

Looking pale, thin, and ill

Usage examples:

Cadaverous features

verb

(of organic matter) rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi.

Usage examples:

The body had begun to decay

noun

The state or process of rotting or decomposition.

Usage examples:

Hardwood is more resistant to decay than softwood

noun

Damage, or a state that becomes gradually worse

Usage examples:

The dentist says i have a lot of tooth decay., there’s still too much crime, poverty, and decay in …

verb

(typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease.

Usage examples:

The birth rate continued to decline

noun

A gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value.

Usage examples:

A serious decline in bird numbers

verb

To go down in amount or quality; lessen or weaken

Usage examples:

His interest in the project declined after his wife died., her health declined quickly., [ t ] she …

adjective

Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.

Usage examples:

A degenerate form of a higher civilization

noun

An immoral or corrupt person.

Usage examples:

Get out of my house, you degenerate!

verb

Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

Usage examples:

The quality of life had degenerated

adjective

(of a disease) characterized by progressive deterioration and loss of function in the organs or tissues.

Usage examples:

The embryonic stem cells could then be used in transplantation therapy in patients with degenerativ…

adjective

A degenerative illness is one in which the body or a part of the body gradually stops working

Usage examples:

A degenerative disease/condition

verb

Use up the supply or resources of.

Usage examples:

Reservoirs have been depleted by years of drought

verb

To reduce something in size or amount, esp. supplies, energy, or money

Usage examples:

Acid rain depletes the region’s fish stocks., [ u ] the depletion of our savings is starting to wor…

verb

To reduce the amount or size of something, especially a supply of energy, an amount of money, etc.

Usage examples:

Healthcare for a sick patient can quickly deplete retirement savings.

verb

Become progressively worse.

Usage examples:

Relations between the countries had deteriorated sharply

verb

To become worse

Usage examples:

She went into the hospital when her condition began to deteriorate., a deterioration in relations b…

verb

To become worse

Usage examples:

If the economy continues to deteriorate, it will affect the firm's future performance., sales will …

adjective

Becoming progressively worse.

Usage examples:

Deteriorating economic conditions

verb

Become progressively worse.

Usage examples:

Relations between the countries had deteriorated sharply

verb

Present participle of deteriorate

Usage examples:

She was taken into hospital last week when her condition suddenly deteriorated., the political situ…

verb

(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear.

Usage examples:

The concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated

verb

To disappear gradually, or to cause something to disappear gradually

Usage examples:

[ t ] it took months of effort to dissipate the oil spill in the north sea.

verb

To (cause to) gradually disappear or waste

Usage examples:

The heat gradually dissipates into the atmosphere., his anger dissipated as the situation became cl…

adjective

(of a person or way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures.

Usage examples:

Dissipated behaviour

verb

(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear.

Usage examples:

The concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated

adjective

Spending too much time enjoying physical pleasures and harmful activities such as drinking a lot of alcohol

Usage examples:

He recalled his dissipated youth spent in nightclubs and bars.

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Usage examples:

We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

Usage examples:

The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

verb

Emptying something by allowing liquid to run out of it

adjective

Affected by alcohol to the extent of losing control of one's faculties or behaviour.

Usage examples:

He was so drunk he lurched from wall to wall

noun

Past participle of drink.

verb

Take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow.

Usage examples:

We sat by the fire, drinking our tea

adjective

Drunk or intoxicated.

Usage examples:

Gangs of drunken youths roamed the streets

adjective

Under the influence of alcohol, or a situation in which a lot of alcohol has been drunk

adjective

A drunken person is (often) under the influence of alcohol

Usage examples:

She decided to divorce her drunken and violent husband., the square filled up with drunken baseball…

adjective

Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

Usage examples:

She was so emaciated she could hardly stand

adjective

(esp. of people and animals) very thin and weak, usually because of illness or not eating enough

adjective

Very thin and weak, usually because of illness or extreme hunger

Usage examples:

There were pictures of emaciated children on the cover of the magazine.

verb

Make (someone) feel very tired.

Usage examples:

Her day out had exhausted her

noun

Waste gases or air expelled from an engine, turbine, or other machine in the course of its operation.

Usage examples:

Buses spewing out black clouds of exhaust

verb

To make a person or an animal extremely tired

Usage examples:

The long hike up the mountain exhausted us all., after a whole day with the kids, her patience was …

verb

Gradually grow faint and disappear.

Usage examples:

The light had faded and dusk was advancing

noun

The process of becoming less bright.

Usage examples:

The sun can cause colour fade

verb

Become less clearly visible or distinguishable

verb

Gradually grow faint and disappear.

Usage examples:

The light had faded and dusk was advancing

noun

The process of becoming less bright.

Usage examples:

The sun can cause colour fade

noun

A shot causing the ball to deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed golfer, the left)

Usage examples:

When they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade

noun

A piece of cloth or similar material, typically oblong or square, attachable by one edge to a pole or rope and used as the symbol or emblem of a country or institution or as a decoration during public festivities.

Usage examples:

The american flag

verb

Mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way.

Usage examples:

The spellcheck program flags any words that are not in its dictionary

noun

A flat stone slab, typically rectangular or square, used for paving.

Usage examples:

Stone flags are £32 per square yard and slates go for £2 each.

adjective

Becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength.

Usage examples:

She wants to revive her flagging career

verb

Mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way.

Usage examples:

The spellcheck program flags any words that are not in its dictionary

verb

Become tired or less enthusiastic or dynamic.

Usage examples:

If you begin to flag, there is an excellent cafe to revive you

verb

Lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing.

Usage examples:

Those unable to meet their taxes were liable to forfeit their estates

noun

A fine or penalty for wrongdoing.

Usage examples:

The loser must pay a forfeit

adjective

Lost or surrendered as a penalty for wrongdoing.

Usage examples:

His possessions were declared forfeit

adjective

(of a person) weak and delicate.

Usage examples:

His small, frail body

noun

A woman.

Usage examples:

Cosmetic manufacturers will never go out of business because the frails will always want to look li…

adjective

Physically weak, or easily damaged, broken, or harmed

Usage examples:

He’s always in frail health., the shirt is old and frail, and the threads look ready to part.

phrasal verb

Spend frivolously and unwisely

phrasal verb

To waste money, time, or an opportunity

Usage examples:

Retirees must plan how to fill their hours or they risk frittering the time away.

adjective

(of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.

Usage examples:

A tall, gaunt woman in black

adjective

Very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger

Usage examples:

Her face was gaunt and grey.

adjective

Empty and not attractive

Usage examples:

The house looked gaunt and unwelcoming.

adjective

No longer present; departed.

Usage examples:

You were gone a long time

preposition

Past participle of go1.

verb

Move from one place to another; travel.

Usage examples:

He went out to the shops

adjective

Looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering.

Usage examples:

She was pale and haggard

noun

A haggard hawk.

Usage examples:

They interred her remains in a corner of the cabbage haggard.

adjective

(of a person) having dark areas around the eyes and lines on the face, esp. from being tired or from suffering

Usage examples:

His face was haggard, and his eyes were bloodshot.

adjective

Unable to do or achieve (something).

Usage examples:

Wilson blushed and was incapable of speech

adjective

Unable to do something

Usage examples:

She’s incapable of hurting a fly.

adjective

Drunk; intoxicated.

Usage examples:

I got mildly inebriated

verb

Make (someone) drunk; intoxicate.

Usage examples:

It is a rum-based drink designed more to inebriate the masses than to please the palate

adjective

Having drunk too much alcohol

Usage examples:

The designated driver programme offers not just a free ride home for inebriated drivers and their p…

adjective

Drunk or under the influence of drugs.

Usage examples:

Officials are reporting an increase in the number of intoxicated students requiring medical attention

verb

(of alcoholic drink or a drug) cause (someone) to lose control of their faculties or behaviour.

Usage examples:

We don't allow people into sessions if they are intoxicated by alcohol or drugs

adjective

Drunk

Usage examples:

He was charged with driving while intoxicated.

verb

(of a person, animal, or plant) lose or lack vitality; grow weak.

Usage examples:

Plants may appear to be languishing simply because they are dormant

verb

To exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time

Usage examples:

Members of congress have introduced plans, but those have languished.

verb

To be weak or fail to improve

Usage examples:

Traditional industries continue to languish or disappear.

adjective

Sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.

Usage examples:

A lavish banquet

verb

Bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on.

Usage examples:

The media couldn't lavish enough praise on the film

adjective

Spending, giving, or using more than is necessary or reasonable; more than enough

Usage examples:

The team has the most lavish training facility in the league., they live in a lavishly furnished ap…

adjective

Past and past participle of lose.

verb

Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).

Usage examples:

I've lost my appetite

adjective

(of a person) unable to find your way, or (of an item) not to be found

Usage examples:

A lost child/pet/earring, we got lost on the way home., fig. i’d be lost without you (= i would not…

adjective

Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental.

Usage examples:

A bout of maudlin self-pity

verb

Direct to the wrong place or in the wrong direction.

Usage examples:

Voters were misdirected to the wrong polling station

adjective

Sent to the wrong place

Usage examples:

Misdirected emails/calls, misdirected payments/funds/money

verb

Fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at).

Usage examples:

A laser-guided bomb had missed its target

noun

A failure to hit, catch, or reach something.

Usage examples:

The penalty miss cost us the game

noun

A title prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman or girl, or to that of a married woman retaining her maiden name for professional purposes.

Usage examples:

Miss hazel armstrong

verb

Spend (one's time or money) foolishly, wrongly, or wastefully.

Usage examples:

He was forced to resign following accusations of misspending public funds

verb

To use time or money in a way that wastes it or is not wise

Usage examples:

We must stop public money being misspent in this way., being a good pool player is usually a sign o…

verb

Spend (one's time or money) foolishly, wrongly, or wastefully.

adjective

(especially of time or money) foolishly, wrongly, or wastefully spent.

Usage examples:

Perhaps i am atoning for my misspent youth

Past simple and past participle of misspend

verb

Use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty of misusing public funds

noun

The wrong or improper use of something.

Usage examples:

Drugs of such potency that their misuse can have dire consequences

verb

To use something in an unsuitable way or in a way that was not intended

Usage examples:

She’s been accused of misusing federal funds to pay for her son’s private school expenses., [ c ] t…

verb

Use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty of misusing public funds

noun

The wrong or improper use of something.

Usage examples:

Drugs of such potency that their misuse can have dire consequences

verb

Past simple and past participle of misuse

Usage examples:

She was accused of misusing company funds.

verb

Slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect.

Usage examples:

The books, if any are ever printed, will moulder in the warehouse

noun

A person or thing that moulds something.

Usage examples:

A moulder of public opinion

verb

To decay slowly

Usage examples:

I found these apples mouldering in the cupboard., there's an old bike that's been mouldering away i…

adjective

(of something undesirable) not necessary because avoidable.

Usage examples:

I deplore needless waste

adjective

Completely unnecessary

Usage examples:

A needless waste of time, you’re worrying needlessly – they’ll be fine.

adjective

Suffering a lack of proper care.

Usage examples:

Some severely neglected children

verb

Fail to care for properly.

Usage examples:

The old churchyard has been sadly neglected

adjective

Gone by in time and no longer existing.

Usage examples:

The danger is now past

noun

The time before the moment of speaking or writing.

Usage examples:

She found it hard to make ends meet in the past

preposition

To or on the further side of.

Usage examples:

He rode on past the crossroads

adjective

Having little or no sense, use, or purpose.

Usage examples:

Speculating like this is a pointless exercise

adjective

Having no useful purpose

Usage examples:

A pointless argument, the trip seemed pointless.

adjective

(of a structure or piece of equipment) poorly made and likely to collapse.

Usage examples:

We went carefully up the rickety stairs

verb

(chiefly of animal or vegetable matter) decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose.

Usage examples:

The chalets were neglected and their woodwork was rotting away

noun

The process of decaying.

Usage examples:

The leaves were turning black with rot

verb

To decay, or to cause something to decay or weaken

Usage examples:

[ i ] the fallen apples rotted on the ground., [ t ] dampness rotted the old wood., rot weakened th…

adjective

(of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony.

Usage examples:

He had a scrawny physique and a protuberant adam's apple

adjective

(of a person’s or animal’s body) very thin because not fed enough, so that you can see the shape of the bones under the skin

Usage examples:

The store had only a few scrawny chickens left.

verb

Become or make smaller in size or amount.

Usage examples:

The workforce shrank to a thousand

noun

A psychiatrist.

Usage examples:

You should see a shrink

verb

To become smaller or cause something to become smaller

Usage examples:

[ i ] the show’s audience has shrunk in the last few months., [ t ] i shrank my sweater by putting …

adjective

Wrinkled and shrunken, especially as a result of loss of moisture or old age.

Usage examples:

A handful of shrivelled leaves

verb

Wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, especially due to loss of moisture.

Usage examples:

The flowers simply shrivelled up

adjective

Having become or been made smaller in size.

Usage examples:

Today, this piece of wetland is a shrunken version of its original self

verb

Become or make smaller in size or amount.

Usage examples:

The workforce shrank to a thousand

Past participle of shrink

adjective

Relating to or functioning as a skeleton.

Usage examples:

The skeletal remains of aquatic organisms

adjective

Of or like a skeleton (= frame of bones)

Usage examples:

Skeletal injuries

idiom

To regularly spend large amounts of money

Usage examples:

He says his wife spends money like water., the government is spending money like water and has no r…

verb

Spend (money) freely or extravagantly.

Usage examples:

I'd splurged about £2,500 on clothes

noun

An act of spending money freely or extravagantly.

Usage examples:

The annual pre-christmas splurge

verb

Past simple and past participle of splurge

Usage examples:

I feel like splurging (out) on a new dress., i can happily splurge 3,000 pounds in one day.

verb

Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.

Usage examples:

£100m of taxpayers' money has been squandered on administering the tax

verb

To waste money, or to use something valuable that you have a limited amount of in a bad or foolish way

Usage examples:

Government should not squander the taxpayers’ money., don’t squander your opportunities when you ar…

verb

To waste large amounts of money or other resources

Usage examples:

Fifty-five percent of likely voters are convinced that much of the state's tax money is being squan…

verb

Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.

Usage examples:

£100m of taxpayers' money has been squandered on administering the tax

idiom

Drunk

Usage examples:

By the time i got to the party patrick was already the worse for drink.

adjective

Slightly drunk.

Usage examples:

Tipsy revellers

adjective

Slightly drunk

idiom

Drunk, or having drunk some alcohol

Usage examples:

He was arrested for driving under the influence.

adjective

Having insufficient food or other substances for good health and condition.

Usage examples:

Undernourished children

adjective

Not needed.

Usage examples:

Some people feel that holiday insurance is unnecessary

plural noun

Unnecessary things.

Usage examples:

Flora never wasted cash on unnecessaries

adjective

Not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome.

Usage examples:

A piece of useless knowledge

adjective

Of no value; worthless

Usage examples:

With dead batteries, the flashlight was useless.

adjective

Lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy.

Usage examples:

She was recovering from flu, and was very weak

adjective

Lacking strength or energy, or likely to stop working or break

Usage examples:

After having been so sick, it’s not surprising you still feel weak., that old chair is very weak an…

adjective

Too low or not powerful enough to be successful or effective

Usage examples:

Weak growth/market share/results there was unexpectedly weak growth in corporate output in may., we…

verb

Make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength.

Usage examples:

Fault lines had weakened and shattered the rocks

verb

Past simple and past participle of weaken

Usage examples:

You could see the poor dog weakening daily as the disease spread through its body., the bill would …

verb

(of a plant, leaf, or flower) become limp through heat, loss of water, or disease; droop.

Usage examples:

At this time, chill treatment seedlings were severely wilted with extensive leaf rolling characteri…

noun

Any of a number of fungal or bacterial diseases of plants characterized by wilting of the foliage.

Usage examples:

These varieties are more resistant to aphids and wilt

verb

Archaic second person singular of will1.

verb

(of a plant, leaf, or flower) become limp through heat, loss of water, or disease; droop.

Usage examples:

At this time, chill treatment seedlings were severely wilted with extensive leaf rolling characteri…

noun

Any of a number of fungal or bacterial diseases of plants characterized by wilting of the foliage.

Usage examples:

These varieties are more resistant to aphids and wilt

verb

Past simple and past participle of wilt

Usage examples:

Cut flowers will soon wilt without water., after only an hour's hiking they were beginning to wilt …

verb

(of a plant) become dry and shrivelled.

Usage examples:

The grass had withered to an unappealing brown

verb

To become, or cause something to become, weak, dry, and smaller

Usage examples:

[ t ] hot, dry weather withered the peanut crop in the southeast., [ i ] fig. public interest in th…

adjective

(of a plant) dry and shrivelled.

Usage examples:

Withered leaves

verb

(of a plant) become dry and shrivelled.

Usage examples:

The grass had withered to an unappealing brown

adjective

Dry and decaying

Usage examples:

Withered leaves/flowers

adjective

Shrivelled or wrinkled with age.

Usage examples:

A wizened, weather-beaten old man

adjective

Having dry skin showing many lines, esp. because of old age

Usage examples:

A wizened old man