waste of time

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34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: pèrdua de temps — pointless or unproductive activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 浪費時間 /浪费时间 (làngfèi shíjiān) — pointless or unproductive activity
• Danish: spild af tid — pointless or unproductive activity
• Dutch: tijdverspilling — pointless or unproductive activity
• Finnish: ajanhukka — pointless or unproductive activity
• French: perte de temps — pointless or unproductive activity
• Georgian: დროის კარგვა (drois ḳargva) — pointless or unproductive activity
• Georgian: დროის უქმად კარგვა (drois ukmad ḳargva) — pointless or unproductive activity
• Georgian: დროის ფუჭად კარგვა (drois puč̣ad ḳargva) — pointless or unproductive activity
• Georgian: დროის ფლანგვა (drois plangva) — pointless or unproductive activity
• Georgian: დროის ტყუილად ფლანგვა (drois ṭq̇uilad plangva) — pointless or unproductive activity
• German: Zeitverschwendung — pointless or unproductive activity
• Hebrew: בזבוז זמן (bizbúz zman) — pointless or unproductive activity
• Hungarian: időpocsékolás — pointless or unproductive activity
• Hungarian: időpazarlás — pointless or unproductive activity
• Irish: cailleadh aimsire — pointless or unproductive activity
• Italian: perdita di tempo — pointless or unproductive activity
• Italian: spreco di tempo — pointless or unproductive activity
• Japanese: 時間の無駄 (jikan no muda) — pointless or unproductive activity
• Japanese: 時間の浪費 (jikan no rōhi) — pointless or unproductive activity
• Khmer: ខាតពេល (khaat-peel) — pointless or unproductive activity
• Korean: 시간의 낭비 (sigan-ui nangbi) — pointless or unproductive activity
• Macedonian: за́лудност (záludnost) — pointless or unproductive activity
• Polish: strata czasu — pointless or unproductive activity
• Polish: szkoda czasu — pointless or unproductive activity
• Portuguese: perda de tempo — pointless or unproductive activity
• Russian: поте́ря времени (potérja vremeni) — pointless or unproductive activity
• Serbo-Croatian: gubljenje vremena — pointless or unproductive activity
• Spanish: pérdida de tiempo — pointless or unproductive activity
• Spanish: desperdicio temporal — pointless or unproductive activity
• Swedish: slöseri med tid — pointless or unproductive activity
• Vietnamese: thì giờ mất công — pointless or unproductive activity
• Vietnamese: thời giờ mất công — pointless or unproductive activity
• Welsh: gwastraff amser — pointless or unproductive activity