無駄

mudā

waste, futility, uselessness

彼の無駄な支出が問題です。

His wasteful spending is the problem.

formal

Something that serves no purpose or is unnecessary, resulting in waste of resources (time, money, effort).

時間の無駄を避けるために、計画を立てました。

To avoid wasting time, we made a plan.

Often implies a negative connotation of something being pointless or inefficient.

Collocations

無駄にin vain, to no avail

Often used in formal or business contexts to criticize wasteful practices.

From 'mu' (nothing) and 'da' (use), literally 'no use'.

Commonly used to express disapproval of inefficiency or pointless actions.

無

nothing, not

prefix

駄

use, utility

root

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