waste time
English
Verb
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.
- 1973, “Sad Song”, in Berlin, performed by Lou Reed:
- I'm gonna stop wastin' my time / Somebody else would have broken both of her arms
- 2006, Matt Bellamy (lyrics and music), “Knights of Cydonia”, in Black Holes and Revelations, performed by Muse:
- Don't waste your time or time will waste you.
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Synonyms
- dally; dawdle; faff about, fiddle about, piddle around, about, or away (British, idiomatic); piss away, about, or around (vulgar); dick around (American, vulgar), fiddlefart, fiddlefuck, goof off, slack off, fuck around, fanny about, fritter, screw around
Derived terms
- there's no time to waste
- time-waster
- time-wasting
- waste of time
Translations
allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner
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Anagrams
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