a life essentially purposeless.
a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys.
a pointless remark.
a wasted effort.
advice is wasted words.
eyes were haggard and cavernous.
kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration.
otiose lines in a play.
partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm.
senseless violence.
small pinched faces.
squandered money cannot be replaced.