Unplanned spending, as a rule, usually results in 20-30 percent of our money being wasted because we obtain poor value with our purchases.

没有计划的花钱经常会导致20%~30%的钱被浪费，因为我们没有从所买的东西获得最大价值。

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If America's universities are indeed poor value for money, why might that be?

如果美国大学的确不值得花这么多钱，到底是什么造成了这一现状？

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Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, offer poor value at current levels.

通货膨胀保值债券(TIPS)以目前的水平看价值很低。

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It's just that the amount of waste and poor value for money it has to consider has often been overwhelming.

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The terms of these contracts have attracted widespread criticism as guaranteeing good profits for the companies, and poor value for consumers.

BBC: A highly charged debate

However, as portable gaming devices have got more powerful these scaled down versions of console games feel like poor value for money.

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