timesaving

[ tahym-sey-ving ]

/ ˈtaɪmˌseɪ vɪŋ /

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adjective

(of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time spent or required to do something.

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Origin of timesaving

First recorded in 1860–65; time + saving

OTHER WORDS FROM timesaving

timesaver, noun

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How to use timesaving in a sentence

And though peas are in season now, frozen peas are a suitable time-saving substitute.
What to Eat: Spring Pastas|Cookstr.com|May 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
For use round the Hut, in thick drifts, the combination of helmet and blouse was handy and time-saving.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Then remember when you are cooking potatoes that it is a time-saving plan to boil enough for two meals, or even more.
Living on a Little|Caroline French Benton
A year of scales, exercises and solfeggios would have been far more time-saving.
Great Singers on the Art of Singing|James Francis Cooke

But in practice it will be found both time saving and more satisfactory to first decide with what error you have to deal.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891|Various
Even when it was no longer necessary to be cheap, it was time-saving and easy to go into a place one knew.
T. Tembarom|Frances Hodgson Burnett

British Dictionary definitions for timesaving

time-saving

/ (ˈtaɪmˌseɪvɪŋ) /

adjective

shortening the length of time required for an operation, activity, etc

Derived forms of time-saving

time-saver, noun

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