wasted effort

collocation in English

meaningsofwastedandeffort

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wasted
adjective
uk
/ˈweɪs.tɪd/us
/ˈweɪs.tɪd/
Wasted time, money, etc. is time, money, etc. that is not used effectively because it does not produce the result ...
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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofwastedandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This seemed almost to guarantee a great deal ofwastedeffort.
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This confirms the theory that discarding infeasible paths is sometimeswastedeffort.
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Hence, attempting to reduce the angular misaligment before having reduced the position misalignment to a minimum may result inwastedeffort.
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An alternative view would be to consider that k 10, the datum setting, is best in terms of minimizingwastedeffortdue to wrong or misleading relationships.
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It results only inwastedeffort, delay, repairs long overdue, irritation, frustration and ill will on the part of the tenants.
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I do not know what the answer is, nobody does, but it is a microcosm ofwastedeffort.
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In short, the absence of any restricted list of competent test houses would in some cases lead to uncertainty, dispute andwastedeffortand resources.
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There is no morewastedeffortthan continually to refer to the past.
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It was allwastedeffortbecause we have ended up with a large derelict site with no agreed use, which is what we started with.
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It is a picture ofwastedeffortand inefficiency, which is a disgrace to the way we face these world problems.
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That is no good to the agricultural labourer and is onlywastedeffort.
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Therefore, those debates will not bewastedeffort.
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Endless targets result inwastedeffortand increased costs, which have an impact on real life for millions of people.
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If the ruling was wrong in the first place, the defendant must be retried and the original trial would have been a completelywastedeffort.
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A plethora of levies on those lines would overlap and would result in a considerable amount ofwastedeffort.
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With high tax rates, far too muchwastedeffortis put into finding ever more complicated ways of avoiding tax and, indeed, into emigration.
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The absence of any restricted lits of competent test houses would lead to uncertainty, dispute, andwastedeffortand resources.
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It representswastedeffort, wasted lives, wasted transportation, wasted money.
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This clearly raises a number of practical difficulties and may involvewastedeffortand expenditure.
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That is not correct, because although a farmer might do it himself his neighbour might not do so and it would bewastedeffort.
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