undertime

British  

/ ˈʌndəˌtaɪm /

noun

1. informal  the time spent by an employee at work in non-work-related activities like socializing, surfing the internet, making personal telephone calls, etc

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Example Sentences

Undertide, un′dėr-tīd, Undertime, un′dėr-tīm, n.

From Project Gutenberg

A. Hormel & Co. guarantees 52 weeks a year by charging overtime in rush periods against undertime when business is slow; Nunn-Bush Shoe Co. sets wages at a fixed percentage of sales, thereby has given full employment since 1935.

From Time Magazine Archive

The printing from the negative is less difficult, because we can examine the picture as often as we choose; but it may be well to undertime and overtime some pictures, for the sake of a lesson like that taught by the series of pictures from the four negatives.

From Project Gutenberg

When the morning morrowed she appeared before the woman and, renewing an old acquaintance with her, fell to visiting her daily, eating the undertime with her and the evening meal and carrying away food for her children.

From Project Gutenberg