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# wasted

verb (waste, wastes, wasted, wasting); adjective (wasted)

«wasted» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Wasted means used badly or carelessly, or lost without being useful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasted/#m1)
2. A wasted chance or wasted time brought nothing good. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasted/#m2)
3. Wasted can mean very thin and weak from illness (rare). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasted/#m3)
4. Waste (noun) is rubbish or things thrown away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasted/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school maths: an amount lost and taken away; what is left = total − wasted. In science and everyday life: wasted water, food and energy; saving energy by turning off lights; recycling so less is wasted. Phrases: «wasted time», «a wasted trip», «go to waste», «waste of time».

### Examples

- He wasted 3 of the 20 sheets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasted/#x1)
- Half the water was wasted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasted/#x2)
- How much food was wasted? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasted/#x3)
- 10 minutes were wasted waiting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasted/#x4)
- Leaving the tap running means water is wasted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasted/#x5)
- It was a wasted trip because the shop was closed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasted/#x6)
- Don't let that good food go to waste. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasted/#x7)
- Turning off the lights stops energy from being wasted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasted/#x8)
- What, all that money wasted for nothing! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasted/#x9)

### Note

Past of «waste»: «wasted». Do not confuse «waste» with «waist» (the middle of your body) — they sound the same. Maths: take away from the total; what is left = total − wasted. Trap: «only 2 were wasted» still means subtract 2.

## In Jewish tradition

In Numbers, destroyed or brought to ruin. The prophets say nations and fields are "wasted," and in the Psalms bones "wasted away" means a body worn out by sorrow.

**Interpretation.** Isaiah's wasted nations are read as the fate of those who will not serve God in the time to come. Joel's wasted field is read as a call to repent.

### Examples

- Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted; How long? (Torah NUM.24.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wasted/#x1)
- For that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. (Prophets ISA.60.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wasted/#x2)
- The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. (Prophets JOL.1.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wasted/#x3)
- For my life is spent in sorrow, and my years in sighing; my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted away. (Writings PSA.31.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wasted/#x4)

### Note

Past of «waste»: «wasted». Do not confuse «waste» with «waist» (the middle of your body) — they sound the same. Maths: take away from the total; what is left = total − wasted. Trap: «only 2 were wasted» still means subtract 2.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wasted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wasted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wasted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wasted.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «wasted» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wasted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wasted» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wasted.html) on Mova free.