Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wasted

/ˈweɪstɪd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: wast-ed
IPA: /ˈweɪstɪd/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not profitably used.

adj

Ravaged or deteriorated.

adj

Emaciated and haggard.

adj

Slang

adj

Very drunk or stoned.

Slang

adj

Low weight-for-height (for a person).

verb

simple past and past participle of waste

Example Sentences

"A brief steep ascent and then a more gradual ascent through snow. Bets probably had taken my water container by then. Mack asks how I'm doing. I manage the words — pretty wasted. She offers to take the tent."
"Well I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time / And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home"
"I went to the minimart...It’s about a fifteen minute walk both ways. But I didn’t wanna drive cause I was really wasted."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more wasted (comparative) most wasted (superlative)

Phrases

get wasted white boy wasted white-girl wasted

Frequently Paired Words

blasted wasteland stunted

Synonyms

down the toilet misspent squandered clapped out damaged defective deteriorated dilapidated effete faulty munted outworn

Homonyms

waisted

Rhymes With

tasted pasted waisted casted basted hasted

Questions

How do you pronounce wasted?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈweɪstɪd/.
What does wasted mean?: Not profitably used.

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