waste of time

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Noun

waste of time (plural wastes of time)

A pointless or unproductive task.
Asking him for money is a waste of time: he won't give you any.

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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: ខាតពេល (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

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