frittering

Example Sentences

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“It’s not that we don’t have the money. It’s that we don’t like frittering it away.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Ray plainly resents Bankman-Fried for trying to blame the bankruptcy team for frittering away FTX’s value and his claim that he tried to help Ray restructure the company but was rebuffed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024

This is only frittering if it becomes excessive.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023

Hilda Burke, psychotherapist and author of The Phone Addiction Workbook, says there's now more widespread awareness about how much time people are "frittering" away on social media platforms.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2022

Most of the original Fragment had been destroyed by the fire, the burning pages flapping and frittering away into ash, all their words turned to dust.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee