Another unnecessary, time-wasting task added to the pile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deane Waldman: The Bane Of My Existence - Come With Me To Work.] Reference

The DA says no more long-settled and time-wasting debates.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

But the interruptions, the general time-wasting continues.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Road Leads On] Reference

It would disrupt all the time-wasting committees of the UN.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

A gentle chiding for Eric's time-wasting tactics, I thought.    From Wordnik.com.  [All Together Dead]

This made monitoring irritating, time-wasting and inefficient.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

He said the process was overcautious, costly and time-wasting.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

This kind of research becomes time-wasting foolishness, but fun.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time and Again]

Was it a time-wasting throwback or a useful way to involve every student?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Should high schoolers read aloud in class?] Reference

Instead we have a catalogue of bureaucracy, incompetence and time-wasting.    From Wordnik.com.  [A clear dividing line on defence] Reference

I.e., you admit you wet your pants for meaningless, time-wasting gestures.    From Wordnik.com.  [House Passes The AIG Bonus Tax] Reference

But few rumors and time-wasting information emerged on the corporate system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Korean Firm Tweaks Twitter for Workers] Reference

I think they ` re just doing a lot of time-wasting, like they ` ve been doing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2006] Reference

He asked legal practitioners to co-operate by eliminating time-wasting procedures.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

There's a certain silliness about them, a certain element of time-wasting about them.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Memoir] Reference

"Getting coffee with so and so" seemed to be the most acceptable form of time-wasting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jon Santiago: How I Lost My Job and Why I don't want it back] Reference

It is thought of as non - purposive, noncognitive, frivolous, time-wasting, and hedonic.    From Wordnik.com.  [ART AND PLAY] Reference

Same reason as people make for the exit when faced with time-wasting know-nothing pub bores.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

He takes pride in being a fast worker, insisting that there's a lot of time-wasting facetime.    From Wordnik.com.  [Astri von Arbin Ahlander and Yelizavetta Kofman: Peaceful Revolution: What Gen Y Really Wants -- And Why We Should Care] Reference

This week, when Zhu replaces Li at the helm of China's government, the time-wasting will stop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking Power] Reference

Alot of them are studying in University now, having survived the time-wasting 2.5 years of NS.    From Wordnik.com.  [jaimewolf Diary Entry] Reference

Consensus seeking is a time-wasting, levelling influence that impedes distinctive performance.    From Wordnik.com.  [33. Separate the managers from the leaders30] Reference

Instead, they moralized endlessly on the perils of indolence, time-wasting and thriftlessness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Founding Fathers] Reference

The show only ran about five minutes overtime, so I guess they needed more time-wasting filler.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tallulah Morehead: The Emmys Awards Show: Little Borritt] Reference

Mullett was such a stickler for them going out to H.Q. on time and they were a time-wasting nuisance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frost at Christmas]

On reaching Annapolis, she encountered obstacles that were vexatious, time-wasting, and in fact, insupportable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience] Reference

How may we recognize this potential teacher without resorting to a clumsy, time-wasting, trial-and-error method?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vocational Guidance for Girls] Reference

While quirky to use at first, we found this unique technology very effective in minimizing time-wasting mistakes.    From Wordnik.com.  [BlackBerry Storm: First Impressions] Reference

"I will see a division," said Sulla when he thought they had talked enough and he was tired of further time-wasting.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grass Crown]

Now there are more than 100 different time-wasting applications for the device and 150 Web pages devoted to accessories.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cult Of The Pilot] Reference

Forced to congregate with other smokers on patches of concrete, they inevitably engage in further time-wasting conversation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lazy Money] Reference

And in iTunes Apple has developed the online equivalent of that increasingly rare time-wasting destination, the used record store.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lazy Money] Reference

Then, you know, it smacks of political game playing and time-wasting to me rather than actual effective strategic decision making.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2009] Reference

It's not clear the Obama troops can do anything about it, but it could make for some more time-wasting arguments at certain caucus sites.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slumber Party] Reference

None of your damned time-wasting yackety-yak. helly as joru: I have some extremely valuable merchandise on offer, of a most unusual nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sagittarius Whorl]