wasting time
Frittering away moments
Wasting time means spending time on activities that produce no useful result or fail to advance one's goals.
The phrase carries a mild judgment—what counts as wasted depends on perspective.
Someone might accuse you of wasting time on video games while you consider it relaxation.
Stop wasting time and get to work.
To waste someone's time is to consume their attention without providing value in return.
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- lollygaggingAimless time-wasting
- loafingPassing time idly
- messing aroundIdle, aimless activity
- slackingAvoiding effort deliberately
lounging · puttering around · procrastinating · idling · twiddling thumbs · goofing off · dilly-dallying · scrolling · frittering · burning daylight · daydreaming · malingering · avoiding · dragging feet · postponing · running out the clock · binge-watching · watching paint dry
- idle timewhiling away, doing nothing, dawdling, loafing, lazing
- idlenessdoing nothing, idling, loafing, lounging, lazing
- dawdlingdawdling, dallying, dilly-dallying, lingering, loitering
- bad habitssmoking, drinking, lying, swearing, gossiping
- stallingstall, stalling, delay, hesitate, procrastinate
- wastefulnesssquandering, extravagance, profligacy, dissipation, overspending
wasting timegetting things done
Accomplishing tasks effectively
making progress · hustling · grinding · buckling down · optimizing
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