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wasted effort

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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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Examples of wasted effort


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This seemed almost to guarantee a great deal of wastedeffort.
This confirms the theory that discarding infeasible paths is sometimes wastedeffort.
Hence, attempting to reduce the angular misaligment before having reduced the position misalignment to a minimum may result in wastedeffort.
An alternative view would be to consider that k 10, the datum setting, is best in terms of minimizing wastedeffort due to wrong or misleading relationships.
It results only in wastedeffort, 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 of wastedeffort.
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In short, the absence of any restricted list of competent test houses would in some cases lead to uncertainty, dispute and wastedeffort and resources.
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There is no more wastedeffort than continually to refer to the past.
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It was all wastedeffort because 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 of wastedeffort and 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 only wastedeffort.
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Therefore, those debates will not be wastedeffort.
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Endless targets result in wastedeffort and 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 completely wastedeffort.
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A plethora of levies on those lines would overlap and would result in a considerable amount of wastedeffort.
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With high tax rates, far too much wastedeffort is 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, and wastedeffort and resources.
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It represents wastedeffort, wasted lives, wasted transportation, wasted money.
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This clearly raises a number of practical difficulties and may involve wastedeffort and 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 be wastedeffort.
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