n00742645
type | n |
lex_filenum | 04 |
def | useless or profitless activity |
def | using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly |
examples | if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste mindless dissipation of natural resources |
Outgoing links | |
Hypernym | activity |
Derivationally related form | dissipation → dissipate |
Derivationally related form | wastefulness → wasteful |
Derivationally related form | wastefulness → wasteful |
Derivationally related form | waste → waste; waste → waste |
Derivationally related form | waste → waste |
Hyponym | boondoggle; waste of effort, waste of energy; waste of material; waste of money; waste of time; extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life; squandering |
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Derivationally related form | wasteful → wastefulness |
Derivationally related form | wasteful → wastefulness |
Hypernym | boondoggle; waste of effort, waste of energy; waste of material; waste of money; waste of time; extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life; squandering |
Hyponym | activity |
Derivationally related form | waste → waste |
Derivationally related form | waste → waste; waste → waste |
Derivationally related form | dissipate → dissipation |
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