Main entry: diminished, atrophied, wasted
Definition: (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
Usage: partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm
Main entry: haggard, skeletal, cadaverous, bony, emaciated, gaunt, wasted, pinched
Definition: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Usage: 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
Main entry: wasted, squandered
Definition: not used to good advantage
Usage: squandered money cannot be replaced; a wasted effort
Main entry: otiose, superfluous, purposeless, pointless, senseless, wasted
Definition: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
Usage: otiose lines in a play; advice is wasted words; a pointless remark; a life essentially purposeless; senseless violence