How to Use waste of time in a Sentence
waste of time
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Want to just tell me this was pointless and stupid and a waste of time?
—Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 6 June 2023
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Using ramekins is a waste of time for a dessert this good.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 12 June 2023
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This is a waste of time—shaking with ice does the muddling for you.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2023
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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
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Once More, the Scorpion: This feels like a waste of time.
—Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2023
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Asking a gate agent for a seat next to your sweetheart may be a waste of time.
—Christopher Elliott, Dallas News, 7 June 2023
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Choosing the wrong test may be useless, and a waste of time and money.
—Brandon Peters, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2024
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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
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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
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That seems to be duplication and a waste of time and money.
—Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2024
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But making an album seems like a waste of time and money.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 May 2023
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One critic called the project a waste of time for a station that gets public funding.
—Jamey Keaten, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
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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
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A lot of times, these meetings were a complete waste of time and travel budget.
—Victor Erukhimov, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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Preseason anythings are the biggest waste of time to me.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
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That’s not to say that efforts to shrink larger models are a waste of time, says Patel.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2023
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Buying cheap gear only to replace it is a waste of time and money.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2023
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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
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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
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The gossip or petty stuff is just a waste of time and is almost like an infection.
—Stephen Gerard, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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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
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In 2016 a flurry of media reports declared that flossing your teeth was a waste of time.
—Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
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When the basin bite is on, every other tactic is usually a waste of time.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 13 June 2024
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Regret is a waste of time; fill your day with research and discovering what’s next.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
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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
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Many Iranians dismissed the whole exercise as a waste of time.
—Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
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This is, at best, a giant waste of time, resources, and taxpayer money.
—The Editors, National Review, 4 Apr. 2024
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The dillydallying between pitches—by both the hitters and the pitchers—was a waste of time.
—Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
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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
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For the foreseeable future, Kennan seemed to be saying, diplomacy was a waste of time.
—Fredrik Logevall, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
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