Dissipation
WordNet

noun


(1)   Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
"If the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"
"Mindless dissipation of natural resources"
(2)   Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
(3)   Breaking up and scattering by dispersion
"The dissipation of the mist"
WiktionaryText

Noun



  1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
  2. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
  3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
  4. A loss of energy as heat from a dynamic system
 
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