time thief
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "Genie is also an invaluable asset when gabbing on the telephone which can really be a time thief since it's so easy to lose track of time when lost in deep conversation with another."
- "In fact, anything we do just to kill time—even essentially healthy activities like reading, chatting on the phone, or completing a sudoku puzzle—becomes a time thief."
- "Trying to change our basic nature is difficult at best, and struggling against it is a time thief."