waste of time
Example Sentences
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Watching your pals grind out 2- and 3-footers that are made over 95% of the time is a waste of time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
To travelers who still find themselves waiting in hours-long security lines, the decision to deploy ICE agents at a handful of U.S. airports might seem like a huge waste of time and money.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
Henwick says she began to embrace activities she'd previously have dismissed as a "waste of time" if they weren't leading to "visible results" in her career.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
“It should be embarrassing for the people who credentialed her and her organization, and it’s a waste of time for those of us actually working.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026
“So inefficient, so wasteful of effort, and so utterly exhausting” was the old plow, Temple wrote, “that this deficiency of plowing may rank as mankind’s single greatest waste of time and energy.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
