waste
verb (used with object)
to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander.
will be wasting
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future progressiveof waste.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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"He said 'if you push for the surgery, you will be wasting my time, your time and everybody's time".
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
It will be vacation time and neither of us will be wasting it on separate spa appointments in the general Edmonton vicinity.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023
We suspect that they will be wasting their time.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 2017
“If BP with all its experience cannot produce an acceptable drilling plan for Nopsema, the remaining companies exploring in the bight will be wasting their shareholders’ money trying to pursue this folly,” he said.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 10, 2016
It will be wasting time to keep this up any longer.”
From The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger by William Murray Graydon
