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Meanings of waste time in English

To waste time doing something without a particular purpose.

Synonyms
Examples for "mess around"
Examples for "mess around"
1
The health and safety rules are not something you mess around with.
The South African
2
Don't mess around trying to save money by making the product cheaper.
NY Magazine
3
Toward the end, Luther let me mess around on my off hours.
Commuters: a novel
4
I go home now, mess around, listen to music, make some clothes.
A singular man
5
Morgan, I don't think we can mess around too much over there.
The talisman
Usage of waste time in English
1
The crisis was too serious, however, to waste time in vain regrets.
With Marlborough to Malplaquet: A Story of the Reign of Queen An...
2
She hadn't wanted to waste time going through regular law enforcement channels.
Colorado abduction
3
Why waste time inventing new words when the old one is good?
Coalition's End
4
The horseman was too old a campaigner to waste time in wrangling.
The Path of the King
5
The wonder to me is why people waste time in such foolishness.
Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society
6
Such articles give no information and only waste time; I want facts.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
7
In any case, Twitter did not waste time in ridiculing Mr Ross.
Ebony
8
I promised not to waste time on description unless it was necessary.
The Farm
9
I might as well waste time in that way as any other.
The Heavenly Twins
10
Despite her more general instructions, he didn't waste time investigating anyone else.
Beauty and the feast
11
Still, it's a fun way for word nerds to waste time online.
The Irish Times
12
The present Ministry does not waste time and money on such nonsense.
The Heart of Rome: A Tale of the "Lost Water"
13
It's certainly not a day to waste time by rehashing old news.
The South African
14
And who wants to waste time actually ironing on a trip away?
News.com.au
15
Paul does not waste time on a long good-bye with Chloe Pinter.
Chosen: a novel
16
We move past them too quickly to waste time getting them down.'
Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel
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Waste time through the time
Waste time across language varieties
South Africa
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
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