It seems an awful waste of time and money.
An awful waste of time when you've got a conjurer and a funny man as well.
It seems an awful waste of paper, and I feel that all this throwaway literature should be recycled.
"Seems like an awful waste of three perfectly good days."
It was an awful waste in some ways yet it had to be done.
It seems like an awful waste of time, though.
A It does seem an awful waste of expensive books.
It would, we agreed, be an awful waste of this city to spend most of your time underground.
I was intrigued, it seems an awful waste of energy when line drying would in most cases be far more efficient.