"time-waste" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: time-wastes [plural]
Etymology: From time + waste. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|time|waste}} time + waste Head templates: {{en-noun}} time-waste (plural time-wastes)
  1. The wasting of time.
    Sense id: en-time-waste-en-noun-51huLYr4
  2. That which wastes time; a waste of time.
    Sense id: en-time-waste-en-noun-ZYXKRJlC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 83 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: timewaste, time waste

Verb

Forms: time-wastes [present, singular, third-person], time-wasting [participle, present], time-wasted [participle, past], time-wasted [past]
Etymology: From time + waste. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|time|waste}} time + waste Head templates: {{en-verb}} time-waste (third-person singular simple present time-wastes, present participle time-wasting, simple past and past participle time-wasted)
  1. (intransitive) To waste time. Tags: intransitive Related terms: time-waster, time-loss, time-use
    Sense id: en-time-waste-en-verb-ac~Z6-on
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: timewaste, time waste

Inflected forms

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