waste of time

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

waste of time (plural wastes of time)

1. A pointless or unproductive task.

   Asking him for money is a waste of time: he won't give you any.

Related terms

• time sink
• time-waster
• time-wasting
• waste time

Translations

pointless or unproductive activity

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: pèrdua de temps (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 浪費時間／浪费时间 (làngfèi shíjiān)

• Danish: spild af tid n
• Dutch: tijdverspilling (nl) f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ajanhukka (fi)
• French: perte de temps f
• Georgian: დროის კარგვა (drois ḳargva), დროის უქმად კარგვა (drois ukmad ḳargva), დროის ფუჭად კარგვა (drois puč̣ad ḳargva), დროის ფლანგვა (drois plangva), დროის ტყუილად ფლანგვა (drois ṭq̇uilad plangva)
• German: Zeitverschwendung (de) f
• Hebrew: בזבוז זמן m (bizbúz zman)
• Hungarian: időpocsékolás (hu), időpazarlás (hu)
• Irish: cailleadh aimsire m
• Italian: perdita di tempo f, spreco di tempo m
• Japanese: 時間の無駄 (じかんのむだ, jikan no muda), 時間の浪費 (じかんのろうひ, jikan no rōhi)
• Khmer: ខាត​ពេល (khaat-peel)
• Korean: 시간의 낭비 (sigan-ui nangbi)
• Macedonian: за́лудност f (záludnost)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: strata czasu f, szkoda czasu f
• Portuguese: perda de tempo f
• Russian: поте́ря времени n (potérja vremeni)
• Serbo-Croatian: gubljenje vremena n
• Spanish: pérdida de tiempo f, desperdicio de tiempo m
• Swedish: slöseri med tid n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: thì giờ mất công, thời giờ mất công
• Welsh: gwastraff amser m