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time-wasting

  • 1 waste

    [weist] 1. verb
    (to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) tērēt; šķiest
    2. noun
    1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) paliekas; atkritumi
    2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) izšķiešana; velta tērēšana
    3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) tuksnesis; plašumi
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    - wasteful
    - wastefully
    - wastefulness
    - waste paper
    - wastepaper basket
    - waste pipe
    - waste away
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    tuksnesis, tukša vieta; izšķiešana; zudums, nožuvums, nodilums, noplūde; lūžņi, atgriezumi, makulatūra, paliekas, atkritumi; īpašuma bojāšana; izdalījumi; izšķiest; izputināt, izpostīt; novārdzināt; nīkt, vārgt; neapstrādāts, tuksnesīgs; nevajadzīgs, lieks; izmantots; nopostīts, izpostīts

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  • 2 grudge

    1. verb
    1) (to be unwilling to do, give etc; to do, give etc unwillingly: I grudge wasting time on this, but I suppose I'll have to do it; She grudges the dog even the little food she gives it.)
    2) (to feel resentment against (someone) for: I grudge him his success.) skaust
    2. noun
    (a feeling of anger etc: He has a grudge against me.) nenovīdība
    - grudgingly
    * * *
    nenovīdība, nepatika; nenovēlēt, noskaust

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  • 3 inefficient

    [ini'fiʃənt]
    (not working or producing results etc in the best way and so wasting time, energy etc: an inefficient workman; old-fashioned, inefficient machinery.) neefektīvs; nemākulīgs; neprasmīgs
    - inefficiency
    * * *
    neprasmīgs, nemākulīgs; neefektīvs

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  • 4 save

    I 1. [seiv] verb
    1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) []glābt
    2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) krāt; taupīt
    3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) aiztaupīt
    4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) atvairīt; atsist uzbrukumu
    5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) glābt; pestīt
    6) (to keep data in the computer.) saglabāt datoratmiņā
    2. noun
    ((in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.) (futbolā u.tml.) vārtu nosargāšana
    - saving
    - savings
    - saviour
    - saving grace
    - savings account
    - savings bank
    - save up     II [seiv] preposition, conjunction
    (except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.) izņemot
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    glābt; izglābt; saudzēt, pasargāt; taupīt, krāt; aiztaupīt, novērst; atsist uzbrukumu; izņemot; vārtu nosargāšana

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  • 5 pack off

    (to send away, usually quickly and without wasting time: They packed the children off to bed early.) aizsūtīt (nekavējoties)

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  • time wasting — /ˈtaɪm weɪstɪŋ/ (say tuym waysting) noun the spending of time in aimless and unproductive ways, especially when a deliberate strategy to avoid work. –time wasting, adjective …  

  • time-wasting — noun Time wasting is used before these nouns: ↑tactic …   Collocations dictionary

  • time-wasting — n. (Sports) tactic of slowing down play close to the end of a match in order prevent the opposition from scoring; action or non action that hold a play from continuing or starting again within a logical period of time …   English contemporary dictionary

  • time-wasting — …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Time — Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Time ball — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Time bargain — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Time bill — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Time book — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Time detector — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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