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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

activity go
any specific behavior

waste, wastefulness, dissipation
useless or profitless activity

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7 Subcategories

boondoggle go
work of little or no value done merely to look busy
waste of effort, waste of energy go
a useless effort
waste of material go
a useless consumption of material
waste of money go
money spent for inadequate return
waste of time go
the devotion of time to a useless activity
extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life go
excessive spending
squandering go
spending resources lavishly and wastefully