waste time

Verb

Meaning

waste time (third-person singular simple present wastes time, present participle wasting time, simple past and past participle wasted time)

To allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner.

Alternative names

waste-time

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Examples

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time. David Lloyd George

People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it. Henrik Ibsen

There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time. Fredrik Bajer

I don't have faith in young people any more. I don't waste time trying to communicate with them. Vivienne Westwood

Those who waste time only hurt themselves. African Proverb

Those who waste time only hurt themselves. North African Proverb

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