Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun waste_of_energy

1 sense of waste of energy

Sense 1
waste of effort, waste of energy -- (a useless effort)
       => waste, wastefulness, dissipation -- (useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources")