Definitions
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- noun Someone who
wastes time . - noun Something
unproductive .
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Examples
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It's as if the former network presidents who serve as the show's producers looked at that idiosyncratic cable hit and said, "Hey, bleed all the originality out of that show and you'll get just the kind of shamelessly ordinary broadcast time-waster we know how to sell."
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XP on the other hand requires a reboot -- either for a crash, or painfully slow performance, once or twice a week, with a complete OS reinstall needed every 6-9 months -- a huge time-waster.
Win 7 Vs Mac OS X Leopard: Feature-by-Feature Showdown | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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A lot of people make the mistake of waiting to outline after the research is done, but that is a huge time-waster.
Suren Ramasubbu: Building Early Road Scholars: Giving Your Kids the Drive to Succeed Suren Ramasubbu 2011
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But there are times when it can turn into a time-waster.
When Guests Check In, Their iPhones Check Out Anne Tergesen 2011
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A lot of people make the mistake of waiting to outline after the research is done, but that is a huge time-waster.
Suren Ramasubbu: Building Early Road Scholars: Giving Your Kids the Drive to Succeed Suren Ramasubbu 2011
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A lot of people make the mistake of waiting to outline after the research is done, but that is a huge time-waster.
Suren Ramasubbu: Building Early Road Scholars: Giving Your Kids the Drive to Succeed Suren Ramasubbu 2011
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People like those two make even the worst time-waster bearable.
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People like those two make even the worst time-waster bearable.
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A lot of people make the mistake of waiting to outline after the research is done, but that is a huge time-waster.
Suren Ramasubbu: Building Early Road Scholars: Giving Your Kids the Drive to Succeed Suren Ramasubbu 2011
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A lot of people make the mistake of waiting to outline after the research is done, but that is a huge time-waster.
Suren Ramasubbu: Building Early Road Scholars: Giving Your Kids the Drive to Succeed Suren Ramasubbu 2011
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