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wasting time

wasting time is the present participle and gerund 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 wasting time

What is wasting time the present participle and gerund of?
Wasting time is the present participle and gerund of waste time.

Words near wasting time in the dictionary

  1. wasting investment
  2. wasting investments
  3. wasting palsies
  4. wasting palsy
  5. wasting sickness
  6. wasting time
  7. wastingly
  8. wastingness
  9. wastings
  10. wastness
  11. wastnesses

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