See time sink on Wiktionary
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"text": "Alternative forms: time-sink, timesink"
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"Something that consumes a great deal of time, usually with little or no benefit; a waste of time."
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"(informal) Something that consumes a great deal of time, usually with little or no benefit; a waste of time."
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"word": "timesuck"
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