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time vampires

time vampires is the plural of time vampire.

Meaning of time vampire

Noun

time vampire (plural time vampires)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A person, obligation, or activity that drains one's time; a time-waster.
    • The telephone is to time vampires what blood banks are to real vampires.1994, Davida Jean Weinberg, Reciprocity Reconsidered, page 287
  2. A variety of vampire that feeds off time or potential years of life.
    • Do you mean that Jarmyn Thanatos is some kind of a— a time vampire?1997, Brad Strickland, John Bellairs, The Bell, the Book and the Spellbinder

Questions about time vampires

What is time vampires the plural of?
Time vampires is the plural of time vampire.

Words near time vampires in the dictionary

  1. time value of money
  2. time value premium
  3. time value premiums
  4. time values
  5. time vampire
  6. time vampires
  7. time violation
  8. time violations
  9. time wage
  10. time warp
  11. time warped

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