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conspicuous waste

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  • waste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Gradual loss or decay Nouns 1. waste, wastage; dissipation; dispersion; ebb; leakage, loss; wear and tear; extravagance, wastefulness, prodigality, conspicuous consumption; waste of time; jeunesse dorée; …   English dictionary for students

  • waste — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 missing an opportunity to do/use sth ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, total, utter ▪ The whole thing has been a complete waste of time. ▪ big, colossal …   Collocations dictionary

  • conspicuous — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ become ▪ make sb ▪ Its yellow skin makes it highly conspicuous …   Collocations dictionary

  • waste — Synonyms and related words: Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, abate, ablate, ablation, absorption, acarpous, afterglow, afterimage, arid, assimilation, atrophy, attenuate, attrition, back, back of beyond, back country, backwood, backwoods,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • conspicuous consumption — Synonyms and related words: carpe diem, dissipation, extravagance, incontinence, intemperance, lavishness, leaking purse, loose purse strings, overgenerosity, overgenerousness, overliberality, pound foolishness, prodigality, profligacy,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • The Theory of the Leisure Class — Infobox Book | name = The Theory of the Leisure Class title orig = translator = image caption = author = Thorstein Veblen illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = societal study publisher = release… …   Wikipedia

  • Thorstein Veblen — Infobox Economist school tradition= Institutional economics color = #B0C4DE image caption = Thorstein Bunde Veblen (1857 1929) name = Thorstein Veblen birth = Birth date|1857|07|30 (Cato, Wisconsin) death = Death date and… …   Wikipedia

  • noticeable — noticeable, remarkable, prominent, outstanding, conspicuous, salient, signal, striking, arresting can all mean attracting or compelling notice or attention. Noticeable implies that the thing so described is unlikely to escape observation {a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • con|spic´u|ous|ness — con|spic|u|ous «kuhn SPIHK yu uhs», adjective. 1. easily seen; clearly visible: »A traffic sign should be placed where it is conspicuous. SYNONYM(S): noticeable. See syn. under prominent. (Cf. ↑prominent) 2. attracting notice; worthy of notice;… …   Useful english dictionary

  • con|spic´u|ous|ly — con|spic|u|ous «kuhn SPIHK yu uhs», adjective. 1. easily seen; clearly visible: »A traffic sign should be placed where it is conspicuous. SYNONYM(S): noticeable. See syn. under prominent. (Cf. ↑prominent) 2. attracting notice; worthy of notice;… …   Useful english dictionary

  • con|spic|u|ous — «kuhn SPIHK yu uhs», adjective. 1. easily seen; clearly visible: »A traffic sign should be placed where it is conspicuous. SYNONYM(S): noticeable. See syn. under prominent. (Cf. ↑prominent) 2. attracting notice; worthy of notice; remarkable: »an… …   Useful english dictionary

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