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Many a complicated issue means waste (6)

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misuse

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'waste' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'many a complicated issue' is the wordplay.
'many' becomes 'm' (Roman numeral for a thousand).
'a complicated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'issue' anagrammed gives 'isuse'.
'm'+'isuse'='MISUSE'

'means' is the link.

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(Other definitions for misuse that I've seen before include "Treat badly, unfairly" , "Employ or apply wrongly" , "bad treatment" , "Wrongful employment" , "exploitation" .)

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