useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
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sample sentences
"if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste""mindless dissipation of natural resources"
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hyponym
boondoggle
waste of effort, waste of energy
waste of material
waste of money
waste of time
extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life
squandering
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