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dissipation, n.
(dissipations)
more info useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
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dissipation waste wastefulness

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"if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"
"mindless dissipation of natural resources"
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more info dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
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dissipation dissolution licentiousness looseness profligacy
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more info breaking up and scattering by dispersion
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dissipation

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"the dissipation of the mist"
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