The phrase "absurd spending" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe expenditures that are unreasonable or excessive, often in a critical context.
Example: "The government's absurd spending on luxury items during a budget crisis has raised many eyebrows."
Alternatives: "outrageous expenditure" or "ridiculous spending".
It felt absurd spending five hours a day watching experimental theatre and comedy as feral packs rampaged down my Brixton street – but that's my job.
The absurd spending contest is a total lose-lose situation.
Within days the Republican National Committee had named the grant one of the "Five Most Absurd Spending Items" in Coburn's compendium of "wasteful" federal projects, which include the International Space Station and administrative leave for federal employees.
They have been drawing up lists of "absurd spending items" for years, lists that include a $331,000 grant to study aggression, which had previously been marked as beneficial research that could allow for greater understanding of violence that leads to mass homicides.
And if you think the idea of hockey in Florida is absurd, spend a moment considering that the N.H.L. may still harbor expansion fantasies.
The Jets, walking a fine line between the preseason and the theater of the absurd, spent about 20 minutes inspecting the NeXturf field at Veterans Stadium today.
The absurd result: Spending less on education would raise the personal savings rate,' even though it would reduce future U.S. growth".
"It seems to me completely absurd to spend public money on such treatments," she said.
"Well, it's absurd to spend your most creative years in school, isn't it?
That it is absurd to spend so much on sustaining lives it is hard to see the value in?
So while I do expect there will be some absurd-sounding spending provisions, and I don't intend to censor my skepticism about the federal bureaucracy, none of this should be interpreted as opposition to the bill, which is necessary if insufficient.
