Main entry: waste, wastefulness, dissipation
Definition: useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
Usage: if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste; mindless dissipation of natural resources
Main entry: profligacy, looseness, licentiousness, dissipation, dissolution
Definition: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
Main entry: dissipation
Definition: breaking up and scattering by dispersion
Usage: the dissipation of the mist