#waste__wastefulness__dissipation  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"
  supertype:  activity  any specific activity or pursuit; "they avoided all recreational activity"
  subtype:  waste_of_effort__waste_of_energy  a useless effort
  subtype:  waste_of_material  a useless consumption of material
  subtype:  waste_of_money  money spent for inadequate return; "the senator said that the project was a waste of money"
  subtype:  waste_of_time  the devotion of time to a useless activity; "the waste of time could prove fatal"
  subtype:  lavishness__extravagance__prodigality__high_life  excessive spending
  subtype:  squandering  spending resources lavishly and wastefully; "more wasteful than the squandering of time"
     subtype:  squandermania  prodigious squandering (usually by a government)

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