time wasted

No time wasted scrambling for cover or waiting to see how bad things might get before acting.

Time wasted on forming cookie dough into perfect spheres would cause cookies to lose their competitive edge.

If the mortar be too thick, extra labour is involved in its use, and much time wasted.

I have been quiet now for a month—that's a long time—time wasted when, at my age, I have so little time to waste.

The assistant grasped now one, now another, by the arm, and shook him; and he placed one of them against the wall—time wasted.

I do not believe in spending a lot of time in such practise, for I feel it is time wasted and leads nowhere.

The correspondence went on for weeks, much useless scribbling resulted, and much valuable time wasted.