time-wastern.

Brit.

/ˈtʌɪmˌweɪstə/, U.S.

/ˈtaɪmˌweɪstər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: time n., waster n.¹

Etymology: < time n. + waster n.¹ Compare time-wasting adj., time-wasting n.

A person who or thing which wastes time, or causes time to be wasted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > spending time > [noun] > something that occupies time

time-waster1631

time-taker1890

time suck1991

1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman ii. 49 Wanton Wooers are time-wasters.

1661 R. Baxter Last Work of Believer in Wks. (1846) 253 She was a stranger to pastimes, and no companion for time-wasters.

1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) IV. ii. 70 Over the Tea-table, that expensive Time-waster in England, they [sc. Scottish women] are generally at work.

1795 W. Butler Arithm. Questions (ed. 2) 66 These pestilential time-wasters [sc. playing-cards], which not only weary the mind without improving it, but strengthen the passions of envy and avarice.

1823 N.-Y. Mirror 13 Dec. 158/1 Your alchymist, who passes his days in search of the grand arcanum, is a great time-waster.

1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life iv. ii. 145 People who have a morbid habit of being busy are often terrible time-wasters.

1930 J. Bailey Let. 5 Apr. (1935) 311 All these new inventions are time wasters for people like you and me.

1992 Oldie 21 Feb. 36/2 Viewing has become such a potential time-waster.

2005 Australian 23 Aug. (Brisbane ed.) (IT Business section) 3/1 Google Earth is the hottest new timewaster in town.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	time-waster
释义	time-wastern. Brit. /ˈtʌɪmˌweɪstə/, U.S. /ˈtaɪmˌweɪstər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: time n., waster n.¹ Etymology: < time n. + waster n.¹ Compare time-wasting adj., time-wasting n. A person who or thing which wastes time, or causes time to be wasted. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > [noun] > something that occupies time time-waster1631 time-taker1890 time suck1991 1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman ii. 49 Wanton Wooers are time-wasters. 1661 R. Baxter Last Work of Believer in Wks. (1846) 253 She was a stranger to pastimes, and no companion for time-wasters. 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) IV. ii. 70 Over the Tea-table, that expensive Time-waster in England, they [sc. Scottish women] are generally at work. 1795 W. Butler Arithm. Questions (ed. 2) 66 These pestilential time-wasters [sc. playing-cards], which not only weary the mind without improving it, but strengthen the passions of envy and avarice. 1823 N.-Y. Mirror 13 Dec. 158/1 Your alchymist, who passes his days in search of the grand arcanum, is a great time-waster. 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life iv. ii. 145 People who have a morbid habit of being busy are often terrible time-wasters. 1930 J. Bailey Let. 5 Apr. (1935) 311 All these new inventions are time wasters for people like you and me. 1992 Oldie 21 Feb. 36/2 Viewing has become such a potential time-waster. 2005 Australian 23 Aug. (Brisbane ed.) (IT Business section) 3/1 Google Earth is the hottest new timewaster in town. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1631
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