waste
verb (used with object)
to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander.
will have wasted
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future perfectof waste.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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And if not, they will have wasted almost no resources finding out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
"Abandoning high-speed rail entirely means we will have wasted billions and billions of dollars with nothing but broken promises," he said.
From Fox News ● Feb. 21, 2019
In short, those who backed a different outcome will have wasted their breath.
From Economist ● Jun. 28, 2018
“But if you still can’t answer it by the time you’re 50, you will have wasted your life.”
From Time ● Dec. 31, 2013
As it is we will have wasted six months.
From Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Charles Belmont Davis
