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time burglar

noun

Definitions

  1. Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without…

    Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.

    • Hey, TV can be a great source of learning, information, and keeping your kids occupied, but if your priorities are shifting and you want to grow out of your current life and into a new one, it's a time burglar […]
    • Being a social climber was more of a time burglar than having a ghost twin sister.
    • That's when it hits me that Brunswick is a time burglar. Specifically, she's stealing my time with her inane questions and now she is my nemesis.

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