# wasted

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈweɪstɪd/ · frequency rank #5,281

## Definitions
1. Not profitably used.
2. Ravaged or deteriorated.
3. Emaciated and haggard.
4. Exhausted.
5. Very drunk or stoned.
6. Low weight-for-height (for a person).

## Easily confused with
- **Water** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasted-vs-water)
- **waved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasted-vs-waved)
- **waxed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasted-vs-waxed)
- **wished** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasted-vs-wished)
- **wastes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasted-vs-wastes)
- **witted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasted-vs-witted)
- **wilted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasted-vs-wilted)
- **waste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waste-vs-wasted)
- **waged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waged-vs-wasted)
- **waite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-wasted)
- **wanted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanted-vs-wasted)
- **walked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walked-vs-wasted)
- **Walter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-wasted)
- **waited** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-wasted)
- **warned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warned-vs-wasted)
- **washed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washed-vs-wasted)
- **waiter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiter-vs-wasted)
- **walled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walled-vs-wasted)
- **warped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warped-vs-wasted)
- **washer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-wasted)

## Common misspellings (9)
`awsted`, `wasetd`, `wassted`, `wastde`, `wastedd`, `wastted`, `watsed`, `wsated`, `wwasted`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wasted