The phrase "a substantial waste of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is considered to be a significant or considerable loss of resources, time, or effort.
Example: "Investing in that project turned out to be a substantial waste of our budget and manpower."
Alternatives: "a significant misuse of" or "a considerable loss of".
Rodney Schwartz: Labels are a substantial waste of time and are frankly quite arbitrary.
Leaks also lead to a substantial waste of energy, which is during the cleaning and pumping process, and wasted chemicals used to treat the water.
Over-skilling is associated with a substantial waste of skills, as workers who are over skilled in literacy appear to use their skills at work substantially less than similarly proficient workers who are well-matched, namely 5.3% lower usage of literacy and 1% lower usage of numeracy.
Whatever the cause, having ∼40% of patients miss at least one appointment represents both a substantial waste of health care resources and a risk for poor health outcomes.
The incomplete treatment descriptions we found represent a substantial waste of the research budget, trial participants' time and an opportunity cost for clinicians and patients.
Gene-space sequencing: Many genomes are replete with repetitive regions along with genes present in high copy number (e.g. chloroplast genes), and whole-genome sequencing without reducing their quantity can be a substantial waste of sequencing space.
In spite of these efforts, however, guidelines are not uniformly successful in improving care and several instances of implementation failure have been described, some resulting in substantial waste of time and resources [ 4- 6].
As he pointed out, "the pervading principle and abiding test of good breeding is the requirement of a substantial and patent waste of time".Mr Clinton's leisure productivity would surprise Veblen only in its highly public nature.
In an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association in March, they said there was "substantial waste" in the nation's medical education.
Without specifying the cost or the timetable for the plan, city officials said that "a substantial amount" of commercial waste would be directed to the marine transfer station, which juts into the Hudson River off West 59th Street.
