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wasting 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

Example Sentences

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In a New Yorker article last year by a college professor, students characterized AI-enabled cheating as a widespread and resourceful way to avoid wasting time on material that didn’t interest them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

Then he burned almost two minutes with a song-and-dance number about not wasting time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Through this, you can create your own career check list, and avoid wasting time on ill-fitting applications.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

An umpire can, after an initial warning, award five penalty runs to an opposition if one team are deemed to be wasting time.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025

Thus, the hunter-gatherers of Tell Abu Hureyra were not wasting time and endangering themselves by collecting wild plants indiscriminately.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond