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waste time

VERB

idle away time

Synonyms

WEAK

burn daylight dally dawdle delay dillydally fiddle about fritter away time goof off kill time linger loiter lollygag lose time pass the time piddle procrastinate shilly-shally take one's own sweet time take one's time tarry while away the time

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I don’t want to waste time with people who live so far away from me.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Why put up with all the ridiculous ways that golfers waste time?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who for months has been making the case to Trump to back Cornyn, didn’t waste time pushing.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

Stern apparently forwards it to Epstein with the words, "Don't waste time reading the below, just scroll through it for a flavour of the mess".

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

“Please do. I really can’t waste time here in Bletchley.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

waste time

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