waste of money
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3.0
- noun
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pérdida de dinero
- Buying that new phone was a waste of money since my old one still works perfectly.
It may appear to be an enormous waste of money and time.
- It may appear to be an enormous waste of money and time.
- This is without a doubt complete waste of money.
- And that is a criminal waste of money.
- And, and so I think it's just an enormous waste of money.
- Apple hates things that are efficient or not wasteful or not a waste of money for the consumer.
- And today's show is about one of the biggest wastes of money and life and human endeavors I've ever seen.
- It is such a waste of money and time to be at like at a theme park like that.
- It seemed like a waste of money to to get that when I could just do other things.
- For example, the guy who wanted them to go to the military, he had actually gone to art school and he thought it was a total waste of money, total scam.
- So our concern remains the same originally, which is if Intel corporate thinks this is a waste of money, which Intel shareholders please, it's not.
- But I said it's just a waste of money and it's just letting them know.
Examples
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It's a waste of money.
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Some people thought it was a waste of money because you only use them for a few months.
Blog text (17) -
Incredible waste of money, but there it is.
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So I mean, it was it was a waste of money and probably a waste of time, but you know, experience.
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Oh, I think this is a waste of money.
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My mom thought it was a waste of money.
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Kind of a waste of money then.
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What a waste of money.
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Beyond that," he continued, "it is a waste of money and resources.
Academic text (2010) -
His mom thought taking lessons was the right thing to do, but his dad thought it a waste of money.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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7.5
A situation in which money or other resources go to the wrong place
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4.2
Money people waste when they make a bad choice
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9.9
Money put into projects that fail to make money because of bad choices or wrong signals
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7.2
Using valuable things like time or money in a wasteful way
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4.3
A thing like time or money that is completely useless and gives no benefit
Antonyms
How Worthwhile
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an amount of money spent without benefit' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'waste' (loss/inefficient use) with 'money' (currency), with 'of' serving as the familiar noun-linker. This compositional, noun + of + noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English semantics, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Waste of money comes from the image of someone throwing money away like rubbish or into a fire, showing the idea of waste. That's why it means 'an amount of money spent with no good result'.