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Wasted

Definition: Wasted

Wasted

Adjective

1. Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words".

2. Not used to good advantage; "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort".

3. (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm".

4. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration".

5. Made uninhabitable; "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "wasted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Wasted

DomainDefinition

Slang

To be drunk. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Wasted

Synonyms: atrophied (adj), blasted (adj), bony (adj), cadaverous (adj), desolate (adj), desolated (adj), devastated (adj), diminished (adj), emaciated (adj), gaunt (adj), haggard (adj), otiose (adj), pinched (adj), pointless (adj), ravaged (adj), ruined (adj), skeletal (adj), squandered (adj), superfluous (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: hypertrophied (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Wasted

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Deterioration

Decayed; Verb: moth-eaten, worm-eaten; mildewed, rusty, moldy, spotted, seedy, time-worn, moss-grown; discolored; effete, wasted, crumbling, moldering, rotten, cankered, blighted, tainted; depraved; (vicious); decrepid, decrepit; broke, busted, broken, out of commission, hors de combat, out of action, broken down; done, done for, done up; worn out, used up, finished; beyond saving, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, past work; (useless).

Time

D calendas Groecas; "panting Time toileth after him in vain"; "'gainst the tooth of time and razure of oblivion "; " rich with the spoils of time"; tempus edax rerum; "the long hours come and go"; "the time is out of joint"; "Time rolls his ceaseless course"; "Time the foe of man's dominion"; "time wasted is existence, used is life"; truditur dies die; volat hora per orbem; carpe diem.

Waste

Adjective: wasted; Verb: at a low ebb.

Weakness

Languid, poor, infirm; faint, faintish; sickly; (disease); dull, slack, evanid, spent, short-winded, effete; weather-beaten; decayed, rotten, worn, seedy, languishing, wasted, washy, laid low, pulled down, the worse for wear.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Wasted

English words defined with "wasted": abstruselyblasted, blow, bonycadaverous, caustic remark, Clungdesolate, desolated, devastated, devouredearnings, eaten up, efficiency, emaciatedForeworn, ForspentgaunthaggardIncomsumable, ironyotiose, Overwastedpay, pinched, pitying, pointless, preachingravaged, remuneration, ruinedsalary, sarcasm, satire, sermon, skeletal, sorry, sorry for, squander, squandered, superfluousTo run outUnspiltwage, waste. (references)
Specialty definitions using "wasted": Armi daBellows, Best Fit, BULK-PLANT OPERATORcoal-processing waste, Cork, crapplet, CSMA/CD, CSMACDdefaulting administrator, defaulting executor, Domestic Consumptionelectric utility losses, Epicure, escaped waterFOOLgamesLaboratorymine velocity headoperation wasteSAVE-ALL, speculative evaluationTrayunavoidable energyWalcheren Expedition, Wharton. (references)
Etymologies containing "wasted": Devastavit. (references)

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Modern Usage: Wasted

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I am wasted over long distances (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I've already wasted my whole life (Wo hu cang long; writing credit: Hui-Ling Wang)

You believe your father wasted his life, that he died for nothing (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf)

I am Jack's wasted life (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

Years of Academy training wasted! (Toy Story; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton)

Lyrics

She's wasted years (Birmingham; performing artist: Amanda Marshall)

And I never wasted any of my time on you since then (It's all coming back to me now; performing artist: Celine Dion)

When you look back at your wasted life (Father Of Mine; performing artist: Everclear)

All you had you wasted (Stupid Girl; performing artist: Garbage)

So she fills up her sails with my wasted breath (ALLISON ROAD; performing artist: Gin Blossoms)

Clever

Life is a waste of time, time is a waste of life, so get wasted all the time, and have the time of your life. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Wasted Lives (1925)

The Wasted Years (1916)

A Wasted Sacrifice (1912)

Wasted (2002)

Iron Maiden: 12 Wasted Years (1987)

Song Titles

Wasted On The Way (performing artist: Stills & Nash Crosby)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Wasted

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Infernal Grove (Chronicles of Wasted Time) (reference)

  • The World's Wasted Wealth 2: Save Our Wealth, Save Our Environment (reference)

  • Wasted (reference)

  • Wasted on Jesus : Reaching for the Lover of Your Soul (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

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Image Slideshow: Wasted

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Wasted

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Smashed Wasted Blasted Destroyed : Drinking + Driving Kills / Ross West. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The Hearth-stone of the poor--waste steam not wasted / drawn by Sol Eytinge, Jun. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Wasted
 

"Tongue" by Billy Fowks
Commentary: "Me and my best friend. Wasted on a Saturday afternoon. I would love to know what my pictures are being used for. Please let me know. Thanks!."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Wasted

AuthorQuotation

Aesop

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Alexander Herzen

We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation.

Arthur Rimbaud

Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

Charles Dickens

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

John W. Draper

Sympathy is never wasted except when you give it to yourself.

Muhammad Ali

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.

Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.

William Shakespeare

I wasted time, and now time doth waste me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Wasted

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

And if he also bartered away plums, that would have rotted in a week, for nuts that would last good for his eating a whole year, he did no injury; he wasted not the common stock; destroyed no part of the portion of goods that belonged to others, so long as nothing perished uselesly in his hands. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Wasted

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Those soft blue eyes, and all those natural graces, should not be wasted on the inferior society of Highbury and its connexions

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

A deal of money gets wasted that way.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

She moved slowly to the corner and stood looking down at the wasted face, into the wide, frightened eyes

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Wasted

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Every exertion of my will, every attempt to put an end to the disintegration of the outer world and the dissolution of my ego, seemed to be wasted effort. (references)

Business

Some of the key issues affecting all water authorities, besides occasional drought, are high water losses within systems averaging about 27%, deteriorating water reticulation systems and inefficient water usage by consumers which accounts for another 25% of wasted water. (references)

This wasted energy has been calculated by CRES officials to around $12 million for the public buildings located in the Athens/Attica area only in 1998. Major factors for this waste are the lack of wall insulation, the outdated heating and air conditioning installations and the inefficient lighting systems. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

Approximately, 30+ACU- of the hot water supplied to houses and public buildings is used inefficiently or simply wasted. (references)

Lebanon

According to MEW, about 50 percent of Lebanon's water is being wasted; This percentage is projected to drop to 15 percent with privatization. (references)

Trade

Kuwait

Local importers have their own connections with the local officials and may obtain certificates in their favor, e.g., stating that competitors' imports are wasted, damaged, or not fit for human consumption. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

EPICURE, n. An opponent of Epicurus, an abstemious philosopher who, holding that pleasure should be the chief aim of man, wasted no time in gratification from the senses.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Wasted

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Much time is lost, much unnecessary expense incurred, and much public property wasted under the present arrangement.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969We are not prepared to see our assistance wasted, however, in conflict.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Wasted

"Wasted" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 53.94% of the time. "Wasted" is used about 1,117 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)53.94%60210,640
Lexical Verb (past tense)23.43%26218,239
Adjective (general or positive)22.09%24718,964
Noun (proper)0.45%5157,705
Noun (common)0.09%1339,140
                    Total100.00%1,117N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Wasted

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "wasted".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
JehucalN/ABiblical

Wasted

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Wasted

Expressions using "wasted": be wasted become wasted blasted desolate desolated devastated ravaged ruined wasted youth is wasted on the young. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "wasted": wasted-the, wasted-through.

Ending with "wasted": high-wasted, wasp-wasted.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wasted

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

wasted

219

ranger rock wasted

5

wasted youth

24

butter off wasted

5

chick wasted

23

day fender freddy lyrics night wasted wasted

4

girl wasted

20

lyrics row skid time wasted

4

cold lyrics wasted years

17

drunk wasted

4

wasted time

15

circle lord phantom wasted

4

cold tab wasted years

14

lyrics ready wasted

4

lyrics time wasted

13

wasted life

4

day night wasted wasted

12

movie mtv wasted

3

day highwater lyrics rising wasted

11

iron lyrics maiden wasted years

3

eagle lyrics time wasted

10

corvo davide wasted

3

lyrics wasted years

9

ready wasted

3

wasted years

9

mtv wasted

3

cold guitar tab wasted years

8

elegantly wasted

3

cold wasted years

7

wasted whore

3

wasted young youth

6

a wasted day

3

eagle time wasted

6

ben kweller lyrics ready wasted

3

day lyrics night wasted wasted

6

iron maiden wasted years

3

tab wasted years

5

movie wasted

3

slut wasted

5

12 wasted years

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Wasted

Language Translations for "wasted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i tretur, i rrëgjuar (flea-bitten, shabby, shrivelled, stunted), i ligur (hidebound), i fishkur (faded, sere, withered, wizen, wizened, wrinkled). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مهزول (emaciated, skinny), ‏مستهلك (consumed, consumer, used), ‏مضنى (enervated, exhausted, gaunt, haggard, languishing, worn out), ‏مبدد (dissipated, lavished, squandered), ‏ضائع (godforsaken, gone, lost, missing, up the spout). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

пропилян (misspent). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(extravagant, go with fashion, not), (dissolved, rice-gruel), 浪费 (Frittered, Frittering, uneconomical, Wastefulness, Wasting). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zpustošený (devastated), zbyteèný (false, futile, good for nothing, gratuitous, needless, senseless, unnecessary, useless, wasteful), vyzáblý (emaciated, gaunt, scraggy, spare), vyhozený, promrhaný, promarnìný (lost), bezvýsledný (inconclusive, unsuccessful). (various references)

   

Danish

  

stenet (stoned, stony, to crash, wiped out, wrecked), basket (wiped out, wrecked). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

verspild (spoiled). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

malŝparita (spoiled). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hukkaan mennyt (fruitless, useless). (various references)

   

French

  

vain, raté, perdu (waste), inutilisé, gaspillé, défoncé, décharné, camé, atrophié, émacié. (various references)

   

German

  

verschwendet (dissipated, dissipates, misspent, squanders, wastes). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αποτυχημένοσ (failed, spoilt). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מבוזבז (squandered). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

feldúlt (ravaged, unstrung, waste), elpusztított (devastated, waste), elpazarolt (misspent). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

ceking (economical, frugal, slender). (various references)

   

Irish

  

amú. (various references)

   

Italian

  

tossicomane pesante (wiped out, wrecked). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

病み耄ける (to become wasted by illness), 空発 (explosion without effect, wasted bullets), 空しく費やされた時 (time passed in vain, wasted time), 死に金 (unused money, wasted money), 捨て金 (wasted money). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すてがね (wasted money), くうはつ (explosion without effect, wasted bullets), しにがね (unused money, wasted money), むなしくついやされたとき (time passed in vain, wasted time), やみほおける (to become wasted by illness). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

낭비하는. (various references)

   

Manx

  

streelit, jummit (blued, blued as money), jummalit (squandered), juaillit, er ny uail, er ny juail. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

astedway.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

janado (hard-core addict, junkie, smacker, smackhead, wiped out, wrecked), desperdiçado (lost, waste). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

supt (emaciated, gaunt, hollow-cheeked, suck, sucking, thin), pierdut (absent minded, blankly, far away, forfeit, gone, lost, missing, stray, vague), ofticos (consumptive, lank, lunger, patient, ramshackle, raw boned, scanty, weak), atacat (affected, assailed, attacked, consumptive). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

тратить неиспользуемый;напрасный, привыкший к наркотикам. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

uzaludan (bootless, futile, ineffective, needless, unavailing, unfruitful, use: no earthly use, vain), proćerdan (misspent, mis-spent), iscrpljen (dead beat, exhausted, played out, washed out, weary, work-worn, worn, worn out). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

vano (bay, bootless, coquettish, empty, idle, inane, pretty, span, unavailing, vain), malogrado (abortive, ill fated, ill-starred, out of order), inútil (empty, good for nothing, helpless, naught, needless, no go, of no avail, of no use, pointless, profitless, purposeless, unavailing, unfit, unprofitable, unserviceable, unsuccessful, unsuitable, useless, vain, waste), gastado (hackneyed, old, outworn, shot, spent, threadbare, trite, used, worn, worn out), destrozado (broken down, bust, shot, torn apart, total), desaprovechado, demacrado (emaciate, emaciated, gaunt, haggard), atrofiado. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bortkastad (lost). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

heba olmak (be lost, be wasted, go for nothing), boşa gitmek (be wasted, go down the drain, go to waste). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

звиклий до наркотиків. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

curiedig. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Wasted

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

adtrita, adtriti, adtritis, adtritum, adtritus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Wasted

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 12, Verse 23
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintParacrhma de epataxen auton aggeloV kuriou anq wn ouk edwken thn doxan tw qew kai genomenoV skwlhkobrwtoV exeyuxen
Latin405VulgateConfestim autem percussit eum angelus Domini eo quod non dedisset honorem Deo et consumptus a vermibus exspiravit
Middle English1395WyclifAnd anoon an aungel of the Lord smoot hym, for he hadde not youun onour to God; and he was wastid of wormes, and diede.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd immediatly the angell of ye Lorde smote him because he gave not God the honoure and he was eatyn of wormes and gave vp the goost.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten by worms, and died.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Wasted

LanguageActs Chapter 12, Verse 23
AlbanianNë atë çast një engjëll i Zotit e goditi, sepse nuk i kishte dhënë lavdi Perëndisë; dhe, i brejtur nga krimbat, vdiq.
CebuanoUg dihadiha gihampak siya sa usa ka manolunda sa Ginoo tungod kay wala niya ihatag ang pagdalayeg ngadto sa Dios. Ug gikaon siya sa mga ulod ug namatay.
CroatianUmah ga, zbog toga što ne dade slavu Bogu, udari anðeo Gospodnji te on rascrvotoèen izdahnu.
DanishMen straks slog en Herrens Engel ham, fordi han ikke gav Gud Æren; og han blev fortæret af Orme og udåndede.
DutchEn van stonde aan sloeg hem een engel des Heeren, daarom dat hij Gode de eer niet gaf; en hij werd van de wormen gegeten, en gaf den geest.
FinnishMutta heti löi häntä Herran enkeli, sentähden ettei hän antanut kunniaa Jumalalle; ja madot söivät hänet, ja hän heitti henkensä.
FrenchAu même instant, un ange du Seigneur le frappa, parce qu`il n`avait pas donné gloire à Dieu. Et il expira, rongé des vers.
GermanAlsbald schlug ihn der Engel des HERRN, darum daß er die Ehre nicht Gott gab; und ward gefressen von den Würmern und gab den Geist auf.
HungarianÉs azonnal megveré õt az Úrnak angyala, azért, hogy nem az Istennek adá a dicsõséget; és a férgektõl megemésztetvén, meghala.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPada saat itu juga malaikat Tuhan menampar Herodes, sebab ia tidak menghormati Allah. Herodes dimakan cacing lalu mati.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaPada saat itu juga Herodes dipalu oleh malaekat Tuhan, sebab tiada diberinya hormat kepada Allah. Maka ia pun matilah dimakan cacing.
MaoriI reira pu ano ka patua ia e tetahi anahera a te Ariki, no te mea kihai i hoatu e ia te kororia ki te Atua: a kainga ana ia e te kutukutu, hemo ake.
NorwegianStraks slo en Herrens engel ham, fordi han ikke gav Gud æren, og han blev fortært av ormer og opgav ånden.
RumanianKndatq l -a lovit un knger al Domnului, pentrucq nu dqduse slavq lui Dumnezeu. Wi a murit mkncat de viermi.
ShuarTumai nuyaik Yusa suntari nayaimpinmaya Tarí Erutisan jaa awajsamiayi. Tuma asamtai nusha aka yuam jakamiayi. Erutissha Yusan waantu awajtsuk ninki waantu Enentáimtuma asa Túruna jakamiayi.
SwahiliPapo hapo malaika wa Bwana akamwangusha Herode chini kwa sababu hakumpa Mungu hizo sifa. Akaliwa na wadudu, akafa.
SwedishMen i detsamma slog honom en Herrens ängel, därför att han icke gav Gud äran. Och han föll i en sjukdom som bestod däri att han uppfrättes av maskar, och så gav han upp andan.
UmaHinto'u toe, mala'eka Pue' mpohuku' ncorobaa Herodes hante haki', apa' molangko rahi nono-na, pai' uma-i dota mpobila' Alata'ala. Bula-na tuwu' -pidi, ulea ami' -imi, alaa-na napomate-ki.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Wasted

Derivations

Words ending with "wasted": outwasted, unwasted. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Wasted" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: waiste, waisted, Warsett, warsted, wased, washte, wastey, wasti, Wastie, wated, wayste, weaste, weeste, Welstead, weste, wested, westerd, Westmede, wisted. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Wasted"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "wasted" (pronounced wā"stud)
5-ā" s t u dpasted, tasted.
4-s t u daccosted, adjusted, arrested, assisted, attested, bested, blacklisted, blasted, boasted, boosted, breasted, busted, chested, coasted, coexisted, congested, consisted, contested, contrasted, costed, crested, crusted, delisted, detested, digested, invested, lambasted, lasted, listed, lusted, disgusted, disinterested, distrusted, divested, dusted, encrusted, enlisted, entrusted, exhausted, existed, fasted, feasted, fisted, flabbergasted, foisted, forecasted, forested, frosted, guested, gusted, harvested, hoisted, hosted, infested, ingested, insisted, interested, maladjusted, manifested, masted, mistrusted, molested, nested, ousted, outlasted, persisted, posted, preexisted, protested, readjusted, rearrested, reinvested, requested, resisted, rested, retested, roasted, roosted, rusted, sandblasted, suggested, tested, tightfisted, toasted, trusted, twisted, unadjusted, unassisted, uncontested, uninterested, unlisted, unmolested, untested, vested, worsted, wrested.
3-t u dabrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bifurcated, bigoted, blanketed, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boated, bolted, booted, boycotted, budgeted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coated, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lamented, laminated, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disintegrated, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, diverted, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrypted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fated, faulted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fitted, fixated, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, fomented, footed, footnoted, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hooted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interjected, malted, maltreated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mitigated, moderated, modulated, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, outdated, outed, outfitted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, rerouted, resented, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, rocketed, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, taunted, tempted, terminated, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tilted, tinted, titillated, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, tufted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unmitigated, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Wasted

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: tawsed, wadset.

Words within the letters "a-d-e-s-t-w"

-1 letter: dates, dawts, sated, sawed, stade, stead, sweat, tawed, tawse, tsade, twaes, wades, waste.

-2 letters: ates, awed, awes, date, daws, dawt, dews, east, eats, etas, sade, sate, seat, seta, staw, stew, swat, tads, taws, teas, teds, tews, twae, twas, wade, wads, waes, wast, wats, weds, west, wets.

-3 letters: ads, ate, awe, daw, dew, eat.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-s-t-w"
 

+1 letter: dawties, steward, strawed, swathed, swatted, sweated, wadsets, waisted.

 

+2 letters: bawdiest, bedstraw, dewaters, dwarfest, eastward, radwaste, stewards, tarweeds, tawdries, tideways, towheads, twaddles, unwasted, warstled, westward, wetlands, wrastled.

 

+3 letters: bedstraws, dameworts, daneworts, dawsonite, dishwater, downbeats, downstage, downstate, drawliest, drawtubes, eastwards, enswathed, inswathed, latewoods, leadworts, leftwards, newsstand, outwasted, pastedown, radwastes, smartweed, statewide, sternward, stewarded, sweatband, takedowns, tawdriest, teakwoods, teardowns, twaddlers, unswathed, viewdatas, wadsetted, wasteland, waterbeds, waterdogs, watershed, waterside, westwards.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Names: Derived from
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Bible Trace
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Bibliography


  

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