Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money?

是一种像金钱一样可以节省、花用或浪费的东西吗？

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This results in lost revenue either directly through a lost sale, or wasted advertising spend.

这会带来销量的直接减少或广告费用的消耗，从而导致收入减少。

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Most of it doesn't matter. So much of what I got excited about, anxious about, or wasted my time and energy on, turned out not to matter.

太多我曾经为其兴奋，为其焦虑，亦或是浪费了我我精力的到最后却被是无关紧要的。

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The Brazilian Institute of Tax Planning calculates that a third of public funds are stolen or wasted.

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If the World Bank insisted on spending a great deal of money, much of it could end up being stolen or wasted.

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Or I wasted beautiful fall weekends watching dumb football games on television.

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