Initially, it may
seem as a waste of time in writing the cover letter, but it will surprise you if sincere efforts are applied in writing.
Many people who don't lift weights or strength train see what I
do as a waste of time, or a useless hobby, so to speak.
You might think politicians would write off young
voters as a waste of time, while cultivating seniors with boxes of chocolates and daily phone calls.
Having a parent who thinks of family leisure
time as a waste of time (as work oriented parents tend to do) can not be sending out the right signal to a child.
There's no need to dismiss educational
games as a waste of time when they can be filled with killing zombies, building robots and winning real cash!
It would be equally wrong to write off the
summit as a waste of time, effort and money as some commentators have very narrowly done.
If an applicant knows that they will not pass a background check, they may view the time and energy required to go through the application
process as a waste of time.
Sometimes one person wants to try couples therapy and his or her partner is more hesitant, perhaps seeing
counseling as a waste of time or money or concerned it will make things worse.
Blogging is often seen
as a waste of time at major research universities, where those seeking tenured positions «progress in their careers based on their research output.
Ironically, pressuring them to achieve, scheduling them to the max, and dismissing unstructured
play as a waste of time is not only not helping our kids, it's actually harming them.
He is regularly chauffeured in an SUV from the official mayoral residence to Park Slope so he can work out at the YMCA there, a detour critics have
derided as a waste of time.
Far from the limelight, Aubrey McClendon, Harold Hamm, Mark Papa, and other wildcatters were determined to tap massive deposits of oil and gas that Exxon, Chevron, and other giants had
dismissed as a waste of time.
The Atlanta public schools, like many districts across the country, have eliminated recess in elementary
schools as a waste of time that would be better spent on academics.
While some salespeople might view proposals as unnecessary — or
even as a waste of time — they're actually one of the most powerful instruments in a salesperson's arsenal of deal - closing tools.
«I am also interested in that part of his statement where he described the
CNM as a waste of time and a deceit by its promoters.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Rep. Michael Grimm slammed a meeting between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Staten Island elected officials on Hurricane Sandy
recovery as a waste of time, leading some of those who attended to knock the congressman for skipping it.
Although most scientists — including Rous — regarded research on
senescence as a waste of time, Finch says he saw huge potential for developing rational strategies that would allow him to tease out underlying causes of aging.
Hubble could do it, but it would have to stare at Alpha Centauri for 20 days with no guarantee of finding anything, which would be seen
as a waste of time for our most important space telescope, says Demory.
However, others found that the courses were not taken seriously by the lecturers or the students themselves and often
considered as a waste of time.
Sometimes it's hard for me to imagine that once upon a time, I saw
health as a waste of time and wellness as some sort of ideological theory that was irrelevant to my lifestyle.
Actresses, photographers, artists, musicians, comedians... I don't do well with the ones that see such
things as a waste of time.
However, her father (Mahoney, Moonstruck) sees
Lloyd as a waste of her time and focus, and disapproves of how much time she spends with him, and when he is under investigation for tax improprieties, Diane wonders if she should spend her time with dad and not waste time anymore in a relationship that won't be there once she is gone.
I dismissed the Common Core two years
ago as a waste of time and money, based on Brookings Institution scholar Tom Loveless's research showing that raising standards doesn't improve student achievement.
The SeaWorld legal team dismissed the
case as a waste of time, the BBC reported, but Jeffrey Kerr, who represents the orcas and PETA, said:
If you pack your resume with details that don't pertain to the job at hand, employers may pass it
over as a waste of time.