Time-waster
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Time-waster is a noun meaning Someone who wastes their own time or the time of others.
Meaning
Someone who wastes their own time or the time of others.
More Meanings
- (informal, idiomatic) Something unproductive.
- Something which passes the time that may or may not be seen positively.
Example Sentences
This puzzle book is a good time-waster when my train is late.
Email was supposed to improve business efficiency, but all too often it turns out to be a time-waster.
I showed him round the property thinking he was a prospective buyer, but in fact he was just a time-waster.
Word Forms
- time-wasters
- timewaster
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include timewaster, timekiller, clocksucker, wastour, wastor, time-suck.
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