ability, talent

unfortunate, regrettable / a waste, too good for / precious / close; almost; close but no cigar; barely and unfortunately/regrettably missing the mark

useless, pointless; meaningless / wasteful

uselessness; no good; being in vain; futility / waste

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

(archaic) regrettable; regretful / (archaic) unfortunate / (archaic) tragic / (archaic) precious; valuable

chatter, idle talk

to shoot the breeze, yakety-yak