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The adjective has 5 meanings:
Meaning #1:
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
Synonyms: otiose, pointless, superfluous
Meaning #2:
not used to good advantage
Synonym: squandered
Meaning #3:
(of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
Synonyms: atrophied, diminished
Meaning #4:
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Synonyms: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal
Meaning #5:
made uninhabitable
Synonyms: blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined