time thief

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   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.

   • Genie is also an invaluable asset when gabbing on the telephone which can really be a time thief since it's so easy to lose track of time when lost in deep conversation with another.
   • In fact, anything we do just to kill time—even essentially healthy activities like reading, chatting on the phone, or completing a sudoku puzzle—becomes a time thief.
   • Trying to change our basic nature is difficult at best, and struggling against it is a time thief.

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