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Definición 1
Expend (resources) to no purpose or for inadequate result; use (resources) extravagantly, squander (e.g. waste money, time, food, etc.); or absolutely, as in "waste not, want not."
Fuente: Concise Oxford Dictionary
Contexto: [In Nepal] many poor families equate educating their daughters with fattening their neighbour's cow, a wasted effort, since girls are likely to marry and join their husband's household.
Fuente: Financial Times 24/12/2009 (David Pilling)