1. (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
e.g. partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm
Synonym: atrophieddiminished
2. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
e.g. 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
Synonym: bonycadaverousemaciatedgaunthaggardpinchedskeletal
3. not used to good advantage
e.g. squandered money cannot be replaced
a wasted effort
Synonym: squandered
4. serving no useful purpose
having no excuse for being
e.g. otiose lines in a play
advice is wasted words
a pointless remark
a life essentially purposeless
senseless violence