Sentence examples for shocking waste from inspiring English sources

Experiment after experiment was hopelessly botched, a shocking waste of time and money.

In the lay world - or the world of newspaper headlines - that looks like a shocking waste.

Having close to one million young people unemployed is a shocking waste of a generation.

To the Editor: The article about the dream house undone by divorce was a shocking waste of space.

Especially given the current economic challenges the EU faces, it is an absolutely shocking waste of resources.

Butler labelled it a "shocking waste of money", and criticised the government over how it spent public funds.

Christmas generates a shocking amount of waste.

If we simply cut out the shocking levels of waste, we can run a proper justice system, with juries and within budget.

Les Ebdon, director of the Office of Fair Access to Higher Education, said the low participation rate of disadvantaged white men was a "shocking and avoidable waste of talent" and urged universities and colleges to take action.

"It's not a cost of living increase that outrages onlookers – it's the executive excess, the shocking examples of waste and botched decisions, and ridiculously high levels of pay for those at the top of a corporation we all fund".

The Scottish Secondary Teachers Association described the figures as "shocking and a waste of talent and training".