COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a wasted journey (= one that did not achieve the result you wanted )
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To avoid a wasted journey, ring first to check that the event is still on.
a wasted trip (= a trip in which you do not achieve what you wanted to )
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I’m afraid you’ve had a wasted trip. We don’t have those shoes in stock.
a wasted/lost/missed opportunity (= one you do not use )
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Many people see the failed talks as a missed opportunity for peace.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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It would be you responsibility to repair the pipe, or pay for all the water wasting away into your garden.
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Victims lay wasting away , yet heavy in their immobility.
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These strains are prone to wasting away , which has been assumed to be due to constitutional weakness.
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The morning was wasting away and I was on a promise to deliver women for Simon down in Southwark.
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Now she was literally wasting away , and his visits were still infrequent.
■ NOUN
breath
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Was there any point in even wasting her breath trying to convince him?
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Besides, something told her she'd be wasting her breath .
life
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It's heartbreaking to see him wasting his life away.
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Without a plan you will end up going in circles and wasting your life away.
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The whole world seems to be depressed, and in our need to escape, we are wasting our lives away.
money
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If you can not do this, the company is wasting its money on you.
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Carroll said the military is needlessly wasting money on new weapons and too many overseas commitments, such as peacekeeping in Bosnia.
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Otherwise you are wasting your money !
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We told him he was wasting money .
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These days, everyone wishes to avoid wasting money on sprays that may not be cost effective.
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He was wasting her money as he handled these sketches.
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You'd be wasting your money .
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Even if we were wealthy, he saw no reason for wasting money .
opportunity
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They paid dearly for wasting goalscoring opportunities .
time
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As a result, I was often wasting my time during our first few flying sessions.
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Sometimes the pirates would sink a boat out of spite for wasting their time .
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Otherwise you're just wasting your time .
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What was I doing wasting my time like this?
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If you have to go back that far to find dirt you're wasting your time .
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Wouldn't it seem strange that Henry Skipton should be wasting his time on the likes of her?
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No wonder she made it clear to Shelley that she was wasting her time .
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Journalists will not appreciate your wasting their time , however good the lunch.
■ VERB
think
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I just think that you're wasting your time writing letters, making speeches, sending out all those pamphlets.
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I still think you're wasting your time.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be wasted on sb
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The irony of the situation was not wasted on me.
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At seventy-three, her days were too short to be wasted on slumber.
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Compassion could only lead to increased confusion, for it would be wasted on her.
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He explained this with his usual tact, but tact was wasted on Mrs. Bidwell.
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Her effort was wasted on me.
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I fear your quaint down-home speech is wasted on me, my friend.
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It also tends to be grown locally so that less fuel is wasted on transporting it.
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It must be a proper justification which shows that your time is not likely to be wasted on a low priority.
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Nor did this luxury stimulate local production: it was wasted on foreign imports which could never become productive at home.
wasted journey/trip/effort etc
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As processes improve, it cuts out much of the wasted effort and rework, thus enhancing productivity.
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By providing clear goals and objectives, it minimises frustration and wasted effort. 4.
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If no-one answered soon he would have to chalk it up as a wasted trip, and Montgomery would not be amused.
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It could save you a lot of wasted effort and money.
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Not a wasted journey, after all, but she was anxious to carry on.
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Not that it was a completely wasted trip, what with the hardware store right next door.
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Pembrooke had a wasted journey to Downpatrick yesterday.
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What a ridiculously wasted effort this was, Bill.
wasting asset
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My feeling, for what it's worth, is that they should be regarded as wasting assets.
wasting disease/illness
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A preacher, victim of a wasting illness, would refer in the pulpit to his forthcoming demise without shocking his congregation.
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Children have been born deformed and there are fears of genetic defects; many adults are suffering from wasting diseases.
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She will host the surprise get-together tomorrow as a thank you to the victims of a fatal muscle wasting disease.
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There is not much point in weighing less but looking as if you are suffering from some wasting disease.