fritter

Just ask Henry David Thoreau, who was lamenting in 1854 that our lives are being “frittered away by detail.”

And here’s the thing: It’s easy to fritter away our power, but it would be a decades-long struggle to regain influence once it’s gone.

These include cinnamon sticks, filled and flavored donuts, French crullers and fritters.

The article reports that -- contrary to popular belief -- massive multiplayer online gamers learn by gaming and their skills in the workplace are enriched by those seemingly endless hours previously thought of as frittering away time.

England had the benefit of winning the toss in the third Test, then frittered it away.