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Wasted vs Misdirected - What's the difference?

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Wasted is a related term of misdirected.


As verbs the difference between wasted and misdirected

is that wasted is (waste) while misdirected is (misdirect).

As an adjective wasted

is not profitably used.

wasted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not profitably used.
  • Ravaged or deteriorated.
  • Emaciated and haggard.
  • (slang) very drunk or stoned.
  • (medicine) low weight-for-height (for a person).

    • Related terms

    * (medicine) stunted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (waste)

    • Anagrams

    *

    misdirected

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (misdirect)

    • misdirect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To direct something wrongly
  • *{{quote-news
    • , date = 21 August 2012 , first = Ed , last = Pilkington , title = Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , newspaper = The Guardian , url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/21/death-penalty-trial-reggie-clemons?newsfeed=true , page = , passage = In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected , and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented.}}
  • To put the incorrect address on a mail item