• n.
    ⦿useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
    lexical concept
  • if the effort brings no compensating gain, it is a waste
  • mindless dissipation of natural resources

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
lexinfo:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:dissipation
  2. enl:waste
  3. enl:wastefulness
wn:interlingual indexili:i39337

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labeldissipationwastewastefulness