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wastetime

wastetime noun: something done to pass the time.

Noun

wastetime (plural wastetimes)

  1. (derogatory, rare) Something done to pass the time.
    • […] theatres were closed, novels contemptuously dismissed as 'wastetimes', and poets declared to be wantons; […]2005, Colin Campbell, The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism, page 102
  2. (rare) The period of time that a product spends in the environment as waste, after it has been disposed of.
    • We need longer useful lifetimes and short biodegradable wastetimes for products, if we are to minimize material-resource inputs and maximize recovery and reuse of wastes.1973, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, Growth and Its Implications for the Future...

Forms of wastetime

pluralwastetimes

Origin of wastetime

From waste + time.

Questions about wastetime

What does wastetime mean?
Wastetime means something done to pass the time.
What part of speech is wastetime?
Wastetime is a noun.
What is the plural of wastetime?
The plural of wastetime is wastetimes.

Words near wastetime in the dictionary

  1. wastestream
  2. wastestreams
  3. wasteth
  4. wastethrift
  5. wastethrifts
  6. wastetime
  7. wastetimes
  8. wastewater
  9. wastewaters
  10. wasteway
  11. wasteways

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