waste time
waste time verb: to allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner.
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.
- I'm gonna stop wastin' my time / Somebody else would have broken both of her arms1973, “Sad Song”, in Berlin, performed by Lou Reed
- Don't waste your time or time will waste you.2006, Matt Bellamy, “Knights of Cydonia”, in Black Holes and Revelations, performed by Muse
- Synonyms:
- dally, dawdle, burn time, dick around, fiddlefart, fiddlefuck, faff about, fanny about, fiddle about, fritter
waste time meaning in Arabic and Thai
waste time in Arabic
- allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner
- ضَيَّعَ اَلْوَقْت ḍayyaʕa al-waqt
waste time in Thai
- allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner
- เสียเวลา sǐia-wee-laa
Synonyms of waste time
- dally
- dawdle
- burn time
- dick around
- fiddlefart
- fiddlefuck
- faff about
- fanny about
- fiddle about
- fritter
9 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- fuck around
- goof off
- piddle around
- about
- or away
- piss away
- or around
- slack off
- screw around
Forms of waste time
| third-person singular present | wastes time |
|---|---|
| present participle | wasting time |
| past participle | wasted time |
| past | wasted time |
Words formed from waste time
- there's no time to waste
- time-waster
- time-wasting
- waste no time
- waste of time
Questions about waste time
- What does waste time mean?
- Waste time means to allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner.
- What is waste time in Arabic?
- Waste time in Arabic is ضَيَّعَ اَلْوَقْت (ḍayyaʕa al-waqt). See Waste time meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is waste time?
- Waste time is a verb.
- What is the past tense of waste time?
- The past tense of waste time is wasted time.
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