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timewasting

adjective, noun

timewasting is spelled T-I-M-E-W-A-S-T-I-N-G: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, timewasting means “Being a waste of time; fruitless, unproductive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in timewasting?

Letters11: T-I-M-E-W-A-S-T-I-N-G
In writingabout once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is timewasting?

Timewasting appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of timewasting

  • more timewasting comparative
  • most timewasting superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does timewasting mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Being a waste of time; fruitless, unproductive.

noun

  1. 1

    The wasting of time; idleness or procrastination.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does timewasting come from?

From time + wasting.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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