waste of time
Example Sentences
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It’s going to be a waste of time.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Another CJP leader, Ashutosh Ranka, dismissed the four-hour wait for the meeting as "a waste of time".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
But for this frequent flier, it felt like a waste of time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
By 2024, Harvard economics professor Greg Mankiw said that Powell’s caution at the lectern made the press conferences a waste of time.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 25, 2026
He seemed to regard discussing politics as almost as much of a waste of time as participating in it.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
