Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not wasted or lost by extravagance; not lavished away; not dissipated.
- Not consumed or diminished by time, violence, or other means.
- Not devastated; not laid waste.
- Not emaciated, as by illness.
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- adjective Not
wasted
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Examples
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In like manner the interchange of persons produces a vivid impression, and often makes the hearer feel that he is moving in the midst of perils: -- "Thou hadst said that with toil unspent, and all unwasted of limb,/They closed in the grapple of war, so fiercely they rushed to the fray;" (Iliad XV. 697, at Perseus)
Archive 2010-03-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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In like manner the interchange of persons produces a vivid impression, and often makes the hearer feel that he is moving in the midst of perils: -- "Thou hadst said that with toil unspent, and all unwasted of limb,/They closed in the grapple of war, so fiercely they rushed to the fray;" (Iliad XV. 697, at Perseus)
On the Sublime Hal Duncan 2010
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At least this way, no one's feelings get hurt, and the cake remains seemingly unwasted.
An unfortunate cupcake incident, or, how do you turn down bad baked goods? roopa 2008
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We in our turn have an assured confidence that we shall be able to leave this heritage unwasted and enlarged to our children and our children's children.
Archive 2006-07-01 2006
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We in our turn have an assured confidence that we shall be able to leave this heritage unwasted and enlarged to our children and our children's children.
Bull Moose 2006
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But I will tell thee this more, and will clench it with steel adamantine: Then when all else shall be taken, whatever the boundary1117 of Kecrops Holdeth within, and the dark ravines of divinest Kithairon, A bulwark of wood at the last Zeus grants to the Trito-born goddess Sole to remain unwasted, which thee and thy children shall profit.
The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003
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It stood at last, whole and calm, before him; then the night took up this drinking-cup of fiery gold, lifting it with majestic movement overhead, letting stream forth the wonderful unwasted liquor of gold over the sea — a libation.
The Trespasser 2003
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He was full of old health and unwasted strength, like herself, and in this autumn of their married life he fulfilled his part at least as affectionately as she did.
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We in our turn have an assured confidence that we shall be able to leave this heritage unwasted and enlarged to our children and our children's children.
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Hardly less wonderful, when we contemplate the storms it has encountered since first it saw the light, is its present unwasted condition.
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