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“Wasted” in Japanese

Short answer
駄目 dame だめ

Wasted in Japanese is “駄目” (dame). Full meaning: no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken; hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless; cannot, must not, not allowed.

Other ways to say “Wasted” in Japanese

ラリパッパ raripappa high (on drugs), wasted, spaced-out, stoned 台無し dainashi spoiled, spoilt, ruined, wasted (chance, etc.), messed up, destroyed, (coming to) nothing ダーメ daame no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken; hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless; cannot, must not, not allowed だーめ daame no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken; hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless; cannot, must not, not allowed 大なし dainashi spoiled, spoilt, ruined, wasted (chance, etc.), messed up, destroyed, (coming to) nothing 台なし dainashi spoiled, spoilt, ruined, wasted (chance, etc.), messed up, destroyed, (coming to) nothing ダ〜メ daame no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken; hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless; cannot, must not, not allowed だぁめ daame no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken; hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless; cannot, must not, not allowed だいなし dainashi spoiled, spoilt, ruined, wasted (chance, etc.), messed up, destroyed, (coming to) nothing

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