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time sink

time sink noun: something that consumes a great deal of time, usually with little or no benefit; a waste of time.

Noun

time sink (plural time sinks)

  1. (informal) Something that consumes a great deal of time, usually with little or no benefit; a waste of time.

Synonyms of time sink

Forms of time sink

pluraltime sinks

Questions about time sink

What does time sink mean?
Time sink means something that consumes a great deal of time, usually with little or no benefit; a waste of time.
What part of speech is time sink?
Time sink is a noun.
What is the plural of time sink?
The plural of time sink is time sinks.

Words near time sink in the dictionary

  1. time signal
  2. time signals
  3. time signature
  4. time signatures
  5. Time Simulator
  6. time sink
  7. time sinks
  8. time slice
  9. time slices
  10. time slicing
  11. time slicings

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