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wasted

adjective (a)

(of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use(adj.all)

Synonym:
atrophied, diminished
Antonym:
enlarged, hypertrophied

source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being(adj.all)

Example:
Advice is wasted words.

Synonym:
otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous

source: wordnet30
not used to good advantage(adj.all)

Example:
A wasted effort.

Synonym:
squandered

source: wordnet30
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold(adj.all)

Example:
Kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration.

Synonym:
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal

source: wordnet30

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