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waste words1Talk in vain: I take it that all my well-chosen words have been entirely wasted...- Doyle wasn't a man of many words, and I'd never seen any point in wasting words, so we didn't talk until the bell rang.
- Can I asked what happened or would I just be wasting words?
- It is refreshing to listen to someone who never wastes words.
2Talk or write at length: he wastes no words, though details are terribly important to him...- No need to waste words here: Not everyone in the gulag was a ‘prisoner of conscience ‘…
- Why waste words when simple action will serve just as nicely.
- He didn't often waste words when he spoke and his talks were always simple, yet highly motivating, as I imagine were his team talks.
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