"time-waster" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: time-wasters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} time-waster (plural time-wasters)
  1. Someone who wastes their own or others' time. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-time-waster-en-noun-4NtfqOmj Disambiguation of People: 49 20 31
  2. Something unproductive. Translations (something unproductive): ajanhukka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-time-waster-en-noun-5RwzA9Tl Disambiguation of 'something unproductive': 0 100 0
  3. Something which passes the time that may or may not be seen positively.
    Sense id: en-time-waster-en-noun-bO5TSGGG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 96 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 2 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 6 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: timewaster Related terms: waste of time, time vampire

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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