Sentences with phrase «squandered in»

For too long funds have been squandered in the name of youth work, when all that has been occurring has been the work of the power bloc, producing people that will not challenge it, and thus contribute to building a more humane and just world.

The tool enables expensive resource to be smartly invested in strategic planning, not squandered in trying to make sense of a myriad of factors that may or may not be relevant to the business.

The amount of taxpayer dollars that he saved from being squandered in the future as well as saving us from a cap and trade scheme that would have destroyed the world's economy makes him worthy of our respect, admiration and gratitude.

In 1867, his great - grandfather won a fortune playing the lottery, and squandered it in short order on a life of luxury.

«In my tribe, the Chewa, excess time and resources are not sold; instead it is squandered in «useless» activities such as the arts, funerals, initiations etc. — all led by Nyau masks,» he says.

They thought they could get lucky again with the U, but with a higher price point and a continued lack of AAA 3rd party support means their 1 year head start this generation will have been squandered in a few months once sales of PS4 and XB1 surpass U sales.

No longer can the status quo suffice and the outflow of the remaining cash be squandered in payments to the Management & Board or to any outside service providers.

:) It blows my mind and makes me wonder how much money is being squandered in the traditional publishing industry if little old me can make this much money (low six figures) off my small sales.

You can either marvel at the Porsche's packaging or wonder where all the space is squandered in the other two.

The APEX version, however, took him only three hours to earn back the credit he squandered in a semester's worth of naps.

The rate of job formation is high, and the costs per transaction are low, so few scarce resources are squandered in setting the wages and conditions of employment.

It admittedly allows for better pacing, but the capability of the actors feels squandered in favor of thinner characterization.

Not that Lawrence's comic talents haven't already been squandered in his recent projects; even his two big breakthroughs, Blue Streak and Big Momma's House, fell short of showing what he's capable of.

Adrien Brody lends a haunted / obsessive air to «Houdini,» but his talents are squandered in this History biopic about the man behind the myth.

That the film gets too wrapped up in the consequences of time - travel and fortunate coincidences to maintain the momentum it generates in its first half is a shame, as the effort spent establishing character and setting deserves more than to be squandered in this way.

«Queen of the Desert» review: Nicole Kidman squandered in sappy biopic of English scholar - explorer

Moreover, it's a pity seeing the wonderful Keri Russell squandered in such a trite exercise in romantic - comedy filmmaking.»

McConaughey was also squandered in Christopher Nolan's overreaching Interstellar.

Joseph Gordon - Levitt's talents are squandered in an inane supporting role.

Major talent on both sides of the camera is squandered in search of producing a film that's so aggressively annoying that it is painful to sit through.

Because this is a studio effort that knows what it's doing — a rare breed these days — it makes you wonder how many close - ups and long scenes are squandered in other studio releases.

Although too much emphasis is placed on Faris» unique comic presence, the supporting males have promise, even if Community's Joel McHale, Parks and Recreation's Chris Pratt and Aziz Ansari, and The Office's Martin Freeman are squandered in small roles.

The Darkest Hour's negligible 3D effects (typically squandered in the first 10 minutes) combine with a complete absence of tension or suspense, and indifferently staged set pieces, yielding a tedious, inconsequential snoozer.

Squandered in the service of this often offensive adventure is a talented cast which includes Academy Award - winners Kathy Bates, Rachel Weisz and Kevin Spacey, nominees Miranda Richardson and Paul Giamatti, and cameos by overshadowed, celebrity siblings Roger Clinton, Frank Stallone and Stephen Baldwin, brothers of Bill, Sly and Alec, respectively.

But the key word for Wedding Crashers is «waste,» as in the potentially excellent McAdams is wasted in the soft - hearted - girl - engaged - to - wrong - guy (Sack (Bradley Cooper)-RRB- role and Walken is absolutely squandered in the powerful father role.

There's a complacency to the storytelling that prevents the film from ever moving outside its comfort zone, even though that's exactly what it should be doing, while the talented ensemble cast is squandered in marginal roles.

In any case, a fair amount of the potentially useful chemical energy in the coal will be squandered in the form of energy inefficiency AKA entropy before the coal is converted to steam, which is then converted to the rotary motion of the dynamo, which is then converted to electicity, which is then shipped a really long distance to be converted back into rotary motion again.

This include trillions squandered in fuel subsidy scam, billion Dasukigate scam, hundreds of millions of dollars taken from the NNPC by the former minister to bribe election officials in 2015, the list goes on.

GHS20million was squandered in the Ghana @ 60 celebration.

Even so, it's weird, it would seem Arsene might not have lost that early magic, as it's been pilferage or squandered in some way or another.

This was the season for him to win the league and he's squandered it in my opinnion.

You laugh, but I know you all also weep with me, that people have been martyred for our faith and we have squandered it in ignorance.

I appreciated your comment, «You laugh, but I know you all also weep with me, that people have been martyred for our faith and we have squandered it in ignorance.»

If this does not occur, then the more knowledge increases, the more it becomes a kind of inhuman knowing for the production of which man's self is squandered, pretty much as men were squandered for the building of the Pyramids, or as men were squandered in the Russian horn - bands to produce one note, neither more nor less.

The God - given dignity squandered in the Garden of Eden had been restored at Easter to men and women who could now be, again, sons and daughters of the Most High God, and thus truly themselves; yet the path to Easter, Francis knew, went up the rocky hill of Calvary.

Sure, the US has in the past had a competitive advantage in financial services but much of that has been squandered in recent years as the US reputation for financial management has taken an enormous hit to its credibility.

Much of the money has been squandered in money - losing industrial projects and vanity infrastructure spending that make no economic sense beyond supplying temporary bump - ups in GDP growth.

As for a going - out - of - business sale, the Post has editorially reminded the leaders that the churches are not theirs to squander in a spasm of guilt concocted to improve their public image.

How much talent do we squander in the world because a child can't get an «A» on a standardized test?

It does have some qualities but squanders them in favour of a formula.

Recommendation: Blackhat has grand aspirations but it squanders them in a navel - gazing screenplay that is more interested in getting underneath the keyboard instead of into the minds of some high - profile cyber-terrorists.

After pointing out an actress from The Witch who has one line, he laments that shooting Star Wars in London is a double - edged sword, because it means having unprecedented access to England's finest actors and squandering them in bit parts.

Sorkin stacks the poker table with wonderful character actors like Bill Camp and Brian d'Arcy James, and tells horrifyingly wacky stories about the millions of dollars these men would squander in the name of ego.

Only, then, to squander it all in a split - second of Sport mode frivolity.

While it may trade at net cash, I'm not confident that management will not squander it in an effort to come up with the «next best thing».

The depopulation of the environment allows for the ambient natural elements to sort of take over from whatever else is going on and gives the player a sense of vastness that so many open world games squander in urban jungles when real jungles — or in this case the mostly temperate plains and prairies — are what they should truly showcase.

Jobs range from standard fantasy fare such as knights and thieves to more surprising stuff like the merchant — a class that adds further tactical riches by letting you squander in - game currency in exchange for offensive oomph, all while wearing a snazzy top hat.

Fiscal emergencies can arise aat squander in day - to - day.

Time is something that people can spend or waste, wisely invest in productive activities or squander in questionable pursuits.

Not exact matches

All in all, this squandered time means your closers are only spending about half their time actually closing.