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1. futile effort
2. fruitless endeavor
3. pointless work
4. useless labor
5. efficiency
6. efficient
7. spend
8. waste
9. overhead
10. atrophied
11. cobble
12. cobbled
13. cobbling
14. confused
15. consumable
16. consume
17. consumption
18. desolation
19. drunk
20. evaporate
21. forspent
22. gone
23. idle
24. ill-spent
25. lose
26. losing
27. loss
28. miss
29. recruit
30. spill
31. spilling
32. spoilage
33. stoned
34. unspent
35. wash
36. wastage
37. wear
38. disappear
39. drain
40. drains

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