wasted time

collocation in English

meaningsofwastedandtime

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wasted
adjective
uk
/ˈweɪs.tɪd/us
/ˈweɪs.tɪd/
Wasted time, money, etc. is time, money, etc. that is not used effectively because it does not produce the result ...
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time
noun
uk
/taɪm/us
/taɪm/
the part of existence that is measured in minutes, days, years, etc., or this process considered as ...
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(Definition ofwastedandtimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwasted time

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Itwastedtimeand effort without preventing anti-competitive behaviour.
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I recall only one speech which obviously and unashamedlywastedtime.
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Are we sure that there is not too muchwastedtimein the courts?
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It might be described as a chronicle ofwastedtime.
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Good alternatives are therefore much more successful thanwastedtimein prison.
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It looked as though we had indeedwastedtime.
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Wastedtimeis alleged to occur chiefly during the last six months.
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Failure to provide properly trained interpreters can result inwastedtimeand money.
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Why have wewastedtimeon previous occasions tabling resolutions?
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I felt thatwastedtime, so today my written statement has already been circulated.
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The opportunities for passengers to save themselves a certain amount of time merely representswastedtime.
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The hard fact is that we have had two years ofwastedtime.
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I venture to hope that he will not feel that it has been entirelywastedtime.
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Just to please some people, under ludicrous conditions, we havewastedtimeand money.
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It would be a tragedy if wewastedtime.
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I do not think we havewastedtime.
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We have certainly notwastedtimeon it.
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The second spell of deflation, the compulsory freeze, waswastedtimeas well.
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I am sorry that we havewastedtimein discussing personalities.
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I nearly cried over the references towastedtime.
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