What does wastetime mean?
Wastetime means (derogatory) Something done to pass the time.
Wastetime
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wastetime is a noun meaning (derogatory) Something done to pass the time.
Meaning
(derogatory) Something done to pass the time.
More Meanings
- The period of time that a product spends in the environment as waste, after it has been disposed of.
Example Sentences
[…] theatres were closed, novels contemptuously dismissed as 'wastetimes', and poets declared to be wantons; […]
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.
Word Forms
- wastetimes
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How do you use wastetime in a sentence?
[…] theatres were closed, novels contemptuously dismissed as 'wastetimes', and poets declared to be wantons; […]
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