Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wasting time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables
wast-ing -time
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of waste time

Questions

What does wasting time mean?
present participle and gerund of waste time

How to pronounce wasting time

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