wasted opportunity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwastedandopportunity
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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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opportunity
noun
uk/ˌɒp.əˈtʃuː.nə.ti/us/ˌɑː.pɚˈtuː.nə.t̬i/
an occasion or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of ...
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(Definition ofwastedandopportunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is useful, but it is also awastedopportunity, for much more could have been made of it by an author who had mastered naval administration.
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I found it a great disappointment and awastedopportunity.
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The result is a tragedy ofwastedopportunity, epitomised by the foundation hospitals fiasco.
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Above all, it has been a year of betrayed promises andwastedopportunity.
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It would be a great misfortune if it were the only example ofwastedopportunity, but it is not.
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As a document it turns its back on more than a decade of wanderingwastedopportunityand of indifference to the nation's needs.
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However, that would be awastedopportunityif it failed to close some of the current loopholes.
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On an issue so crucial to the country, that was an unusually long delay and awastedopportunity.
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We must recognise that any review of our armed forces without looking at finances would be awastedopportunity.
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That is clearly awastedopportunityfor environmental sustainability and industrial competitiveness.
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This reform of the sugar market is yet anotherwastedopportunity.
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It would be awastedopportunityif such discussions did not occur.
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It is a classic example of awastedopportunity.
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Privately, those in the industry are angry at thewastedopportunity.
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There have been 15 years ofwastedopportunitywhen money was available.
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This has been awastedopportunityto maintain a viable coal industry and the freedom to have cheap indigenous fuel.
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What awastedopportunityand yet another piece of cruel deception and spin.
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Holding on to £250 until they are 18 is awastedopportunity; the real benefit would be felt when the children are very young.
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In some ways, it is awastedopportunity.
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