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]
(..) but what bare rock can tell. Not idly do the leaves of L'rien fall. They may yet be alive. Less than a day ahead of us. Come. Come, Gimli! We're gaining on them! I'm wasted on cross-country. We Dwarves are natural sprinters. Very dangerous over short distances. Rohan. Home of the Horse-lords. (..)2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers