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Unwasted vs Unwanted - What's the difference?

unwasted | unwanted |

As adjectives the difference between unwasted and unwanted

is that unwasted is not wasted while unwanted is not wanted, welcome or acceptable.

As a noun unwanted is

one who or that which is not wanted; an undesirable.

unwasted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not wasted

    • unwanted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • not wanted, welcome or acceptable

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "unwanted" is often applied: effect, consequence, pregnancy, child, baby, person, guest, visitor, gift, thought, element, sound, sex, feature.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who or that which is not wanted; an undesirable.
  • * 1963 , The Nyasaland Journal (volumes 16-17, page 12)
    • What slaves they had bought to carry the goods of the interior back to the coast were the unwanteds of the villages — the persons convicted of crime who would normally have been killed or banished from their communities
  • * 1970 , Triumph (volumes 5-6, page 7)
    • There were no thoughts of hydrogen bombs or CBW or contraceptives or removing unwanteds . It was the old America, the old order restored, and the President saw that it was Good.