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Example sentences for: wasted

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Meanwhile, the editor has wasted far too much time poking around the many byways and cul-de-sacs of Microsoft Word, looking for some quick and dirty solution to this dilemma.
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."
Would President Clinton have suffered his humiliating rebuff over fast-track trade legislation if the administration had not wasted crucial months failing to take the issue seriously?
The saddest thing about Brill is that he's a genuinely smart guy who has destroyed his reputation, become a joke among his peers, and wasted a ton of cash, all for the sake of ...
The West can't justify giving the country any more funds, it said, because such money "would undoubtedly be wasted."