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wastes time

wastes time is the third-person singular simple present indicative of waste time.

Meaning of waste time

Verb

waste time (third-person singular simple present wastes time, present participle wasting time, simple past and past participle wasted time)

  1. 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

Questions about wastes time

What is wastes time the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Wastes time is the third-person singular simple present indicative of waste time.

Words near wastes time in the dictionary

  1. wastes breath
  2. wastes of oxygen
  3. wastes of skin
  4. wastes of space
  5. wastes of time
  6. wastes time
  7. wastest
  8. wastestream
  9. wastestreams
  10. wasteth
  11. wastethrift

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