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Definition and Synonyms for もったいない
| 1. | 物体無い | 時間、努力、および材料の使用において効率が悪い |
| Wasteful | inefficient in use of time and effort and materials | |
| Synonyms: | もったいない, 不経済, 無駄 |
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Sample Sentences for もったいない
中央銀行に物価の番人だけさせておくのはもったいない。
It's a waste to just have the central banks watching over commodity prices.
「一度に集合させたら混乱するかもと思って、もったいなくも、昨日の朝からずっと一人ずつ呼び出して、こっちが説明してやってるっていうのに、最後の最後で逃げやがって。手間をかけさせるな」
"I thought that to make you gather all at once would be chaotic, so even if it was wasteful, from yesterday morning I called each person in turn, and even though I was explaining it for you, at the very end, one annoyingly ran away. Don't waste my time."
仕事は８時間するとして、なんか通勤３時間の間も仕事をしているようで、しかしお金は出ず、もったいないな。
Say that work is 8 hours, it feels like the three hour commute time is also work but you don't get any money for it. What a waste.
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