The phrase "a waste of human potential" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe situations where individuals or groups are not able to reach their full capabilities or talents, often due to external factors or poor management.
Example: "The lack of support for creative projects in the company is truly a waste of human potential."
Alternatives: "squandered human talent" or "missed opportunity for growth".
A waste of human potential and a massive false economy.
The alternative, as I have witnessed these past few months, is to accept a waste of human potential on a colossal and even more costly scale.
Jim Murphy, the shadow Defence Secretary, told The Independent: "Failing to support those who protect our nation is a waste of human potential and money.
If a large part of the Tory party now recognise that a grammar-secondary modern system represents a waste of human potential, Labour are in an even stronger position to advocate measures to ensure the transition, across the country, to a high-quality comprehensive system.
"This is a waste of human potential, a strain on the public purse, and it means the UK economy does not function as well as it could – child poverty alone costs the country £29bn a year," says the study, entitled A UK without Poverty.
They are more likely to live alone". What a waste of human potential, especially since most veterans on disability still have their prime working years ahead of them when they're discharged.
According to Gallup, 87% of employees are not engaged in their work--a colossal waste of human potential.
"This represents a tremendous waste of human potential and a tremendous unfulfilled promise," she said.
The proportion of the working-age population in Britain on IB is more than double the number that receive similar benefits in comparable European countries.Mr Blunkett argues (as did his predecessors) that this is not just a waste of money, but also a tragic waste of human potential.
It is a staggering waste of human potential.Violence against Roma is a major problem.
The Brennan Center's 2015 study found that mass incarceration has led to a "cycle of poverty and unequal opportunity" that's creating "a tragic waste of human potential for generations".
