How to Use waste of time in a Sentence

waste of time

noun phrase

• Want to just tell me this was pointless and stupid and a waste of time?
  — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 6 June 2023
• Using ramekins is a waste of time for a dessert this good.
  — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 12 June 2023
• This is a waste of time—shaking with ice does the muddling for you.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2023
• Both my wife and my girlfriend are pissed at me and say this is a waste of time.
  — Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
• Once More, the Scorpion: This feels like a waste of time.
  — Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2023
• Asking a gate agent for a seat next to your sweetheart may be a waste of time.
  — Christopher Elliott, Dallas News, 7 June 2023
• Choosing the wrong test may be useless, and a waste of time and money.
  — Brandon Peters, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2024
• Looked at in a certain light, this can make quite a lot of one’s working life seem like a waste of time.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• People made up their minds about Mulkey long ago, so trying to set the record straight would just be a waste of time.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
• That seems to be duplication and a waste of time and money.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2024
• But making an album seems like a waste of time and money.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 May 2023
• One critic called the project a waste of time for a station that gets public funding.
  — Jamey Keaten, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
• Just because a team takes a step back doesn’t mean the whole undertaking was a waste of time.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2023
• A lot of times, these meetings were a complete waste of time and travel budget.
  — Victor Erukhimov, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• Preseason anythings are the biggest waste of time to me.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
• That’s not to say that efforts to shrink larger models are a waste of time, says Patel.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2023
• Buying cheap gear only to replace it is a waste of time and money.
  — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2023
• The story is sad, but ultimately not a tragedy, which would have felt very much like a waste of time.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
• The doctor who couldn’t feel the lump that 33-year-old April Courtright felt told her that a mammogram was a waste of time and resources.
  — April Courtright, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2023
• The gossip or petty stuff is just a waste of time and is almost like an infection.
  — Stephen Gerard, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• This leads to some unusual (some might think the chats are a waste of time) conversations.
  — Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2024
• In 2016 a flurry of media reports declared that flossing your teeth was a waste of time.
  — Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
• When the basin bite is on, every other tactic is usually a waste of time.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 13 June 2024
• Regret is a waste of time; fill your day with research and discovering what’s next.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
• Given all that, some residents said debating the name of the museum is a waste of time.
  — Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• Many Iranians dismissed the whole exercise as a waste of time.
  — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• This is, at best, a giant waste of time, resources, and taxpayer money.
  — The Editors, National Review, 4 Apr. 2024
• The dillydallying between pitches—by both the hitters and the pitchers—was a waste of time.
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• Don’t frame it as a waste of time, and acknowledge that online friendships can be just as valuable as those made in real life.
  — Pia Ceres, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2023
• For the foreseeable future, Kennan seemed to be saying, diplomacy was a waste of time.
  — Fredrik Logevall, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 30 Aug 2024