00742645-n 'useless or profitless activity';
 
English waste 4 ( ⊳ ⊳ ⊳ ) , wastefulness ( ⊳ ⊳ ) , dissipation ( ⊳ )
Japanese 無駄 , 徒遣い , 徒爾 , 徒消 , 徒銷 , 徒遣 , 徒費 , 無駄づかい , 無駄遣 , 空費 , 蕩尽 , 不経済 , 無駄使い , 乱費 , 無駄遣い , 濫費 , 浪費 , 冗費
Definitions
Japanese
役に立たないか無益な活動
よく考えず不注意に使ったり消費したりすること
― 努力が補填的な利益をもたらさない場合、それは浪費である; 天然資源の心ない無駄遣い
English
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
Relations
Hyponym: boondoggle extravagance squandering waste_of_effort waste_of_material waste_of_money waste_of_time
Hypernym: activity
Semantic Field: actn
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