to trifle
- verb
- /ˈtraɪfəl/
:
perder el tiempo
- She often trifles during meetings, playing on her phone instead of paying attention.
Examples
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Well, let her trifle with mine, I'm not doing anything important with it.
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We trifle time.
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He decided to trifle with his hours instead of focusing on his assignments.
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Instead of working on his project, he continued to trifle with trivial matters around the house.
Synonyms
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1.5
Spend time without any activity
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1.6
To spend time doing things that are not useful instead of doing something more useful
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7.9
To waste time by delaying when you should act
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6.0
Waste time or money on small unimportant things
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7.9
Spend time doing very little or nothing
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8.4
To spend time doing not important things in a relaxed way
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7.7
To spend time doing nothing useful
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8.6
To spend time doing very little and moving around without plans
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9.5
To waste time instead of doing the work you need
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8.7
To waste time doing small unimportant things
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9.6
To waste time doing small unimportant tasks
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9.2
To spend time doing small unimportant things instead of working
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8.7
To spend time doing things that are not important
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7.7
To spend time doing nothing and not working
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9.9
To spend time on small, unimportant tasks instead of getting things done
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9.9
To waste time doing silly or lazy things instead of useful work
To spend time doing small unimportant things with no real plan
To waste time doing small, unimportant things
Spend time or money on unimportant things
To waste time, money, or chances on things that do not matter
To pass time by doing something not useful while you wait
To waste time on small unimportant things
To spend time on things that are not useful
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Etymology
Trifle also grew from the idea of doing things in a light or small way, so it came to mean spending time on unimportant matters. So to trifle away time is to waste it on things that do not matter.