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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Time-wasteful?
Would you say this is a word? As in "you have time-wasteful habits". I would say it sounds more general than "time-wasting", which seems to say someone is wasting time in a specific context.
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A common replacement word for it is "time-consuming". Golf is very time-consuming. Golf is a time-consuming sport.
- A common replacement word for it is "time-consuming".
- Golf is very time-consuming.
- Golf is a time-consuming sport.
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A common replacement word for it is "time-consuming". Golf is very time-consuming. Golf is a time-consuming sport.
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I see, but I want to retain the meaning of "waste". If something is "useless", it may still be a valid way to spend one's time. One wold not necessarily point out to someone who loves golf that he is wasting his time. That would just open up a strange conversation of pros and cons and subjective preferences.
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Although time-wasting is in Collins’ dictionary, time-wasteful hasn’t yet made it. That doesn’t mean that it isn’t understandable; so by all means use it. Both ‘time’ and ‘wasteful’ are clear in meaning and are acceptable.
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