waste
Example Sentences
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Two months later, it increasingly seems that such discussion was a wasted effort, as the chance this ballroom will actually be built is rapidly disappearing.
From Salon
CEO Maya Forstater said: "It is a wasted opportunity to rethink a failed treatment model."
From BBC
The previous February, 132 million gallons of black, sludgy water, heavy with mine wastes, surged through a makeshift dam and down a mountain hollow known as Buffalo Creek.
Control the controllables, but don't waste time worrying about the end result.
From BBC
Nurse says that households generate around a third more waste during the festive period which can often means bins spill over.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
