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16 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ wˈe͡ɪst ɒv tˈa͡ɪm], [ wˈeɪst ɒv tˈaɪm], [ w_ˈeɪ_s_t ɒ_v t_ˈaɪ_m]
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n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- wild-goose chase,
- vain attempt,
- fool’s errand,
- wastefulness,
- wasted effort,
- merry chase,
- bootless errand,
- lost cause,
- snipe hunt,
- wasted labor,
- waste of time,
- wild goose chase,
- waste,
- dissipation.
• wild-goose chase (noun)
- red herring.
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Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):
- labor in vain.
How to use «Waste of time» in context?
A waste of time is something that is not productive, and can be harmful to our feelings or overall well-being. We often think of wasting time as something that we do when we are idle, but it can also be something that we do when we are busy. There are many things that we can waste our time doing, and not all of them are harmful.
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you’ll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to waste of time, such as: bootless errand, fool’s errand, lost cause, merry chase, red herring, and snipe hunt.
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO WASTE OF TIME
- bootless errand
- fool’s errand
- lost cause
- merry chase
- red herring
- snipe hunt
- vain attempt
- waste of time
- wasted effort
- wasted labor
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Need another word that means the same as “waste of time”? Find 30 related words for “waste of time” in this overview.
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- Associations of «Waste of time» (30 Words)
Associations of «Waste of time» (30 Words)
| abandon | Leave behind empty; move out of. An attempt to persuade businesses not to abandon the area to inner city deprivation. |
| bin | Store in bins. Piles of junk that should have been binned years ago. |
| dalliance | A casual romantic or sexual relationship. MPs have the opportunity for dalliance as they are away from home for much of the week. |
| dally | Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions. Get busy don t dally. |
| discard | Anything that is cast aside or discarded. West led a heart and East was able to discard his club loser. |
| disposal | The power to use something or someone. Disposals of fixed and non current assets. |
| dispose | Kill. The dots are unevenly disposed. |
| dump | A piece of land where waste materials are dumped. An ammunitions dump. |
| dumping | Selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market. |
| eliminate | Eliminate from the body. The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race. |
| garbage | A worthless message. Garbage littered the estate. |
| inefficient | Not producing desired results; wasteful. An inefficient campaign against drugs. |
| jettison | The action of jettisoning something. Six aircraft jettisoned their loads in the sea. |
| junk | Junk bonds. We need to clear out our junk room. |
| landfill | Bury in a landfill. Landfill sites. |
| leaving | The act of departing. |
| litter | Give birth to a litter of animals. The sitting room was littered with books. |
| prodigality | Excessive spending. |
| recycle | Cause to repeat a cycle. We must recycle the cardboard boxes. |
| recycling | The act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products. Every Monday we put our recycling out on the curb for pick up. |
| refuse | Refuse to let have. The car refused to start. |
| residual | Relating to or indicating a remainder. She has been awarded more than 4 5 million in residuals and profits from the highly successful television show. |
| residue | A substance that remains after a process such as combustion or evaporation. The residue of the country s colonial past. |
| reuse | Use again after processing. The ballast was cleaned ready for reuse. |
| rubble | The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. The tower is built of stone rubble faced with ashlar. |
| scavenge | Remove unwanted substances from. People sell junk scavenged from the garbage. |
| squander | Spend thoughtlessly; throw away. The team squandered several good scoring chances. |
| trash | Worthless material that is to be disposed of. Trade associations trashed the legislation as deficient. |
| vestigial | Not fully developed in mature animals. The vestigial wings of kiwis are entirely hidden. |
Словосочетания
Автоматический перевод
трата времени, пустая трата времени, потеря времени, напрасная трата времени, непродуктивная трата времени, бесполезная трата времени
Перевод по словам
waste — отходы, потери, лом, пустыня, терять, тратить впустую, негодный, отработанный
time — время, времена, раз, период, приурочить, повременный
Примеры
This is a complete waste of time.
Это пустая трата времени, и больше ничего.
The book was a silly waste of time.
Чтение этой книги оказалось глупой потерей времени.
All that academic rigmarole was a waste of time.
Вся эта академическая волокита оказалась пустой тратой времени.
I told you it was a waste of time talking to him.
Я же вас предупреждал: с ним разговаривать — только время терять.
We should never have gone — it was a total waste of time.
Нам не надо было вообще идти: это была пустая трата времени.
“The project is a complete waste of time,” she huffed.
— Этот проект — просто потеря времени, — раздражённо сказала она.
That was a bloody waste of time. *
Мы просто теряли время зря.
He tried to cool out everybody but that was a waste of time. *
Он пытался всех успокоить, но это был напрасный труд.
Примеры, отмеченные *, могут содержать сленг и разговорные фразы.
Примеры, ожидающие перевода
…I had esteemed the whole affair to be a colossal waste of time…. 
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Princeton’s WordNet
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waste of timenoun
the devotion of time to a useless activity
«the waste of time could prove fatal»
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Mark Deppe:
Some people believe video games are the scourge of society — and there’s a huge generational gap between young people who play games and other folks who think it’s a waste of time, so in addition to building this business and all the stresses that come with that, we have to address the fair critiques and defend against the unfair ones.
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Jonathan Portes:
It would be a complete waste of time if we locked down without developing a test and trace system.
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Courtesy Monica Mitchell:
It was a real waste of time. So go figure, years later I’m still sitting with massive debt with nothing to show for it.
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Jay Wamsted:
I know she’s a little behind, and I don’t need that data, to take a month to gather data that is not going to mean anything to any of their teachers next year — it seems like a waste of time.
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Earl Granville:
I look at this impeachment as a waste of time and a waste of tax dollars, for the past few years, this has been the approach of the other side — trying to take the current commander in chief out of office, and it seems like all its doing is costing us money.
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