Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wastoid

/ˈweɪsˌtɔɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wastoid
IPA: /ˈweɪsˌtɔɪd/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person with a drug or alcohol addiction.

Derogatory; Offensive; Slang

noun

A person regarded with contempt; a loser.

Derogatory; Offensive; Slang

noun

An absent-minded or vacuous person.

Derogatory; Offensive; Slang

Example Sentences

"Andrew Clark: Yo, wastoid. You're not gonna blaze up in here."
""They look like the stupid kind of wastoids who get gobbled up in the first ten minutes of a horror movie," I said."
"Oh God. What if he was talking to me and I didn't say anything and was just sitting here staring into space like a complete wastoid? Eva blinked. Did I just use the word wastoid?"

Etymology

From waste + -oid. Compare waster (“idler”), wasted (“in a drugged state”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: waste

Usage

Inflected Forms

wastoids (plural)

Synonyms

airhead space cadet

Questions

How do you pronounce wastoid?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈweɪsˌtɔɪd/.
What does wastoid mean?: A person with a drug or alcohol addiction.
Where does wastoid come from?: From waste + -oid. Compare waster (“idler”), wasted (“in a drugged state”).

How to pronounce wastoid

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