It is a hugely expensive waste of time to permit, let alone encourage, the use of misspelled words, particularly when one reflects on the gloomy fact that there are always far more ways of being wrong than of being right, just as there are far more ways of being dead than alive. (slaw.ca)
So add in the gas, the membership fees, the coffees I bought people, and all the other miscellaneous out - of - pocket expenses, and this was a very EXPENSIVE waste of time!! (remonline.com)
Royal commissions have a mostly deserved reputation as being expensive wastes of time. (canadianbusiness.com)