When she came home from the hospital her body was thin and 'wasted'. [='emaciated']
He 'was wasted' in that job. [=his talents/skills were not being used in the job]
We 'wasted no time' getting our tickets. [=we hurried to get our tickets]
(..) couldn't even do that right. I'll stand up here and pretend I understood how to please that woman, even though so much of my life has been wasted in vain attempts to figure it out. But I keep going back to that moment in the ICU when she looked at me, and... "I-C-U." "I... see... you." (..)2018 TvShow: BoJack Horseman Title: Free Churro Season: 5 Episode 6