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waste 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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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who for months has been making the case to Trump to back Cornyn, didn’t waste time pushing.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

Life is too short to waste time watching a presidential State of the Union address.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

The DHS spokeswoman said the department “doesn’t waste time with salacious, baseless gossip.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Control the controllables, but don't waste time worrying about the end result.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

The line inched up some, and Esperanza didn’t waste time.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

waste time

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