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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

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wasting time

Financial planners will typically advise customers to keep their finances simple, which would usually include avoiding wasting time on gimmicks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Although his classmates had been using their phones to get information for their studies, they were also wasting time on social media.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

If a referee thinks a player is wasting time, the hand goes in the air and the countdown starts.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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

For a moment, we stood wasting time, staring at each other.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler