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When the basin bite is on, every other tactic is usually a waste of time.
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Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 13 June 2024
The hearing was a colossal waste of time and energy.
—Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
The banning of a perfectly ordinary economic transaction—buying alcohol—led not to better liquor trucks but to the innovation of making a liquor truck look like a regular vehicle, which was a pure waste of time and talent.
—Lant Pritchett, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 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
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Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 13 June 2024
The hearing was a colossal waste of time and energy.
—Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
The banning of a perfectly ordinary economic transaction—buying alcohol—led not to better liquor trucks but to the innovation of making a liquor truck look like a regular vehicle, which was a pure waste of time and talent.
—Lant Pritchett, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 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
See all Example Sentences for waste of time
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“Waste of time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20of%20time. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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