time-waster
Frittering your hours
A time-waster is something or someone that consumes time without producing value: Social media can be a real time-waster.
The term carries judgment—what counts as wasted time depends on perspective.
A person who wastes others' time, especially through pointless meetings or frivolous requests, is also a time-waster: Don't schedule another call with that time-waster.
Lacking any purpose
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- inefficientPoor at using resources
- futileIncapable of producing results
useless · worthless · unrewarding · purposeless · ineffective · dead end · wild goose chase · busywork
Petty precise particulars
- frivolityUnserious, lighthearted conduct
- nonessentialNot required or needed
- busyworkMeaningless assigned tasks
- pettinessFocus on insignificant matters
inconsequential · trifle · fluff · filler · nonsense · silliness · foolishness · trivia
Moving display content vertically
- binge-watchingRapid consecutive episode viewing
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
- notificationsAutomated messages announcing events
- browsingCasual examination of options
surfing · gossiping · snacking · doodling · fidgeting · people-watching · window-shopping · clickbait
pointless
Lacking any purpose
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- inefficientPoor at using resources
futile · useless · worthless · unrewarding · purposeless · ineffective · dead end · wild goose chase · busywork · spinning wheels
minutiae
Petty precise particulars
- frivolityUnserious, lighthearted conduct
- nonessentialNot required or needed
- busyworkMeaningless assigned tasks
pettiness · inconsequential · trifle · fluff · filler · nonsense · silliness · foolishness · trivia · small stuff
scrolling
Moving display content vertically
- binge-watchingRapid consecutive episode viewing
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
- notificationsAutomated messages announcing events
browsing · surfing · gossiping · snacking · doodling · fidgeting · people-watching · window-shopping · clickbait · rabbit hole
loafing
Passing time idly
dawdling · vegging · idling · lolling · pottering · dilly-dallying · lingering · malingering · shirking · bumming
delay
Enforced waiting period
avoidance · dilly-dally · dawdle · put off · hesitate · drag feet · temporize · shilly-shally · tarry · linger
time-wastertime-saver
Efficiency-boosting method
worthwhile · priority · necessity · core work
time-wastergo-getter
Ambitious, driven person
hard worker · high achiever · doer · self-starter · hustler
time, waste, wasteful, timely, wasting, wastes, temporal, wastrel, wastefully