waste time
verbalso spelled waste-time1
To allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner.
- I'm gonna stop wastin' my time / Somebody else would have broken both of her arms1973, “Sad Song”, in Berlin, performed by Lou Reed:
- Don't waste your time or time will waste you.2006, Matt Bellamy, “Knights of Cydonia”, in Black Holes and Revelations, performed by Muse:
1 more example
- Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has wasted no time.2025 February 5, Richard Wilcock, “GBR searches for answers to ticketing simplification”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 26:
- Synonyms
- dally, dawdle, dick around, fiddlefart, fiddlefuck, faff about, fanny about, fiddle about, fritter, fuck around, goof off, piddle around, about, or away, piss away, or around, slack off, screw around
- Derived terms
- there's no time to waste, time-waster, time-wasting, waste no time, waste of time