waste+time

  • 11to waste time — procrastinate, cause time to go by without accomplishing an outstanding task …

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  • 12waste — [[t]we͟ɪst[/t]] ♦♦ wastes, wasting, wasted 1) VERB If you waste something such as time, money, or energy, you use too much of it doing something that is not important or necessary, or is unlikely to succeed. [V n ing] There could be many reasons… …

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  • 13waste — [c]/weɪst / (say wayst) verb (wasted, wasting) –verb (t) 1. to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail; squander: to waste money; to waste time; to waste effort; to waste words. 2. to fail or neglect to use …

  • 14waste — 01. One major pollution problem is that governments don t know what to do with the [waste] produced by nuclear power plants. 02. Dishwashers are very [wasteful] in terms of water and electricity. It s better to wash dishes by hand. 03. Don t… …

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  • 15waste — v., adj., & n. v. 1 tr. use to no purpose or for inadequate result or extravagantly (waste time). 2 tr. fail to use (esp. an opportunity). 3 tr. (often foll. by on) give (advice etc.), utter (words etc.), without effect. 4 tr. & intr. wear… …

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  • 16time — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Measurement of duration Nouns 1. time, duration; period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season; fourth dimension; the whole time; era, epoch, age, aeon; time of life; moment, instant, instantaneity,… …

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  • 17time — n. unlimited duration entire period of existence 1) time flies; passes 2) in time (we exist in time and space) unlimited future period 3) time will tell (time will tell if we are right) 4) in time (in time everything will be forgotten) moment… …

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  • 18Time — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Time >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 time time duration Sgm: N 1 period period term stage space span spell season Sgm: N 1 the whole time the whole time the whole period …

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  • 19waste of time — noun A meaningless or fruitless activity. Asking him for money is a waste of time mdash; he wont give you any. See Also: time waster, time wasting, waste time …

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  • 20time — time1 W1S1 [taım] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(minutes/hours etc)¦ 2¦(on a clock)¦ 3¦(occasion)¦ 4¦(point when something happens)¦ 5¦(period of time)¦ 6¦(available time)¦ 7 all the time 8 most of the time 9 half the time 10 at tim …

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