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a) Someone who wastes time.b) Something unproductive.See Also: waste of time
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time waster — time wasters also time waster N COUNT (disapproval) If you say that someone or something is a time waster, you mean that they cause you to spend a lot of time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit. Surfing the… … English dictionary
time-waster — ˈtime waster [time waster time wasters] ; noun Main entry: ↑time wastingderived … Useful english dictionary
time-waster — see time waster … English dictionary
waster — noun (C) 1 someone who wastes their time, money etc in a stupid way 2 time waster someone or something that uses up too much time: Waiting in lines is such a time waster … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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waster — UK [ˈweɪstə(r)] / US [ˈweɪstər] noun [countable] Word forms waster : singular waster plural wasters British someone or something that wastes time, money, or other valuable things … English dictionary
waster — wast|er [ˈweıstə US ər] n 1.) BrE informal someone who you think will never achieve any success in life ▪ All her friends are drunks or wasters. 2.) time/money/energy waster someone or something that does not use time etc carefully or well … Dictionary of contemporary English
waster — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) one that spends or consumes extravagantly and without thought for the future (2) a dissolute person b. one that uses wastefully or causes or permits waste < a procedure that is a waster of time > c. one that lays … New Collegiate Dictionary
waster — /way steuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that wastes time, money, etc. 2. a piece of ceramic ware warped, cracked, or melted during firing. 3. a spendthrift or wastrel. 4. a destroyer: The Vandals were wasters of cities. 5. Chiefly Brit. wastrel… … Universalium
