Hyphenation of wasted

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word wasted? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

wast-ed

Definitions of wasted:

1.	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
2.	Not used to good advantage Squandered money cannot be replaced A wasted effort
3.	(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
4.	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

Synonyms of wasted:

adj	otiose, pointless, superfluous, worthless
adj	squandered, lost
adj	atrophied, diminished
adj	bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, thin, lean
adj	blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, destroyed

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.