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
Spending resources lavishly and wastefully; "more wasteful than the squandering of ...
- waste of money
Money spent for inadequate return; "the senator said that the project was a waste...
- waste of time
The devotion of time to a useless activity; "the waste of time could prove fatal".
- extravagance
Excessive spending.
- boondoggle
Work of little or no value done merely to look busy.
- waste of effort
A useless effort.
- waste of material
A useless consumption of material.