(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

[ Syn: atrophied , diminished ]

serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; otiose lines in a play; advice is wasted words; a pointless remark; a life essentially purposeless; senseless violence

[ Syn: otiose , pointless , purposeless , senseless , superfluous ]

not used to good advantage; squandered money cannot be replaced; a wasted effort

[ Syn: squandered ]

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

[ Syn: bony , cadaverous , emaciated , gaunt , haggard , pinched , skeletal ]