wasted
/ˈweɪstɪd/adjective, verb
wasted is spelled W-A-S-T-E-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, wasted means “Not profitably used” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in wasted?
| Letters | 6: W-A-S-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,206th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is wasted?
Wasted appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce wasted?
- /ˈweɪstɪd/
Wasted has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-wasted.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with wasted
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: waisted (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of wasted
- more wasted comparative
- most wasted superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wasted mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not profitably used.
- 2
Ravaged or deteriorated.
- 3
Emaciated and haggard.
- 4
slangExhausted.
- 5
slangVery drunk or stoned.
- 6
Low weight-for-height (for a person).
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of waste
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wasted in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | vertan |
| Portuguese | desperdiçado , devastado , mirrado , chumbado, chapado, quinado |
| Spanish | desperdiciado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.