Waste

Of activity.   May also be referred to as dissipation and wastefulness.

Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources".

This concept's ID is @1~3885

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  • squandering 1 facts

    Spending resources lavishly and wastefully; "more wasteful than the squandering of ...

  • waste of money 0 facts

    Money spent for inadequate return; "the senator said that the project was a waste...

  • waste of time 0 facts

    The devotion of time to a useless activity; "the waste of time could prove fatal".

  • extravagance 0 facts

    Excessive spending.

  • boondoggle 0 facts

    Work of little or no value done merely to look busy.

  • waste of effort 0 facts

    A useless effort.

  • waste of material 0 facts

    A useless consumption of material.