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Example sentences for: wasted

How can you use “wasted” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

"Spending" meant it was being wasted.
A lot of the money is likely to be simply wasted, though.
Such policies are not only asinine, they are—and here I have found another appropriate place for the buzz word of the decade— counterproductive: the energies expended on vengeance are entirely wasted and should be channeled to changing the present system to ensure that they are not continued.
The unanimous spin: Yet another independent counsel has wasted vast sums of money trying to prove a flawed case against a member of the Clinton administration.
The combination of a solid mandate at home with ripe regional conditions, and now also the renewed and energetic support of senior American and international leaders, creates a diplomatic and security base that must not be wasted."