waste of money

noun phrase

: a bad use of money
The show was a waste of money.

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Musk could start with the most ridiculous waste of money in college sports — the exorbitant coaching contract buyouts whereby schools sign football coaches to 8-year contracts worth $10 million a year, only to fire the coaches two years later and shell out massive amounts of money. Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025 In a statement responding to the suit, the county commission described the legal challenge as a waste of money to push a political agenda. Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025 Plus, a detour to Texas might smell like desperation to the press and a waste of money to donors. Amie Parnes, The Hill, 29 Jan. 2025 If that assumption is false and it can be done much more cheaply, then those investments are mostly a waste of money, and future demand for Nvidia's chips in particular will be much lower than predicted. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for waste of money

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“Waste of money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20of%20money. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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