time-waste

noun

The wasting of time.

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Meanings

nountime-waste (plural time-wastes)

plural time-wastes · alternative timewaste · alternative time waste

  1. The wasting of time.
  2. That which wastes time; a waste of time.
verbtime-waste (third-person singular simple present time-wastes, present participle time-wasting, simple past and past participle time-wasted)

present singular third person time-wastes · participle present time-wasting · participle past time-wasted · past time-wasted · alternative timewaste · alternative time waste

  1. intransitiveTo waste time.

    In truth, there is nothing to love and nothing to hate about the Justin Bieber idol and if we have allowed ourselves to be distracted by this nothingness, we are just wasting our time. And there is no need for us to time-waste a second longer.

    2014, Niramisa Weiss, Forgiving The Unforgivable: Removing the Obstacles to Love

Origin

From time + waste.

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APA

time-waste. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time-waste

MLA

“time-waste.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time-waste. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “time-waste,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time-waste.

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