| Such restriction is odd from the point of view of public participation, and also squanders the time and energy of the authority itself. |
| Coal mining squanders water, and burning the black stuff emits poisonous mercury plus lung-choking acids and soot. |
| The federal government is collecting loads of money, billions of dollars, and it is so rich that it squanders it shamelessly. |
| The wife is unhappy because there is nothing to eat at home and the husband squanders money on drinks. |
| They're right about that: an undervalued currency promotes inflation, erodes the real wages of Chinese workers and squanders Chinese resources. |
| It simply squanders some of the limited resources we have to overall pay the costs. |
