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Waste of material   /weɪst əv mətˈɪriəl/   Listen
Waste of material

noun
1.
A useless consumption of material.





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"Waste of material" Quotes from Famous Books



... requirements of an army, and in a haste which permitted no delay. A transport service there must have been organized to perfection; but there were no stores sent from Italy to supply the daily waste of material. The men had to mend and perhaps make their own clothes and shoes, and repair their own arms. Skill in the use of tools was not enough without the tools themselves. Had the spades and mattocks been supplied by contract, had ...
— Caesar: A Sketch • James Anthony Froude


Words linked to "Waste of material" :   dissipation, wastefulness, waste


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