The phrase "amount of time wasted" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing inefficiencies or lost productivity in various contexts, such as work, meetings, or activities.
Example: "After reviewing the project, we realized the amount of time wasted on unnecessary meetings could have been better spent on actual work."
Alternatives: "time lost" or "time squandered".
That is often the downside of gambling, not the amount one loses but the amount of time wasted limiting those losses.
Mr. Bednarz said the privatization plan wasted five years in New Jersey's effort to meet federal clean air standards; his colleagues at the witness table said the amount of time wasted was a year to 18 months.
A few years ago a group of engineers at New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority MTAA) calculated the amount of time wasted as passengers waited to board and pay fares on a single run of the Bx12 Limited bus route in the Bronx.
But when it comes to searching for people to meet, there's a fair amount of time wasted looking at people who are too senior to reach.
The consequence is an increasing amount of time wasted switching between these services and looking for information and data that is scattered across different cloud services".
Companies that use these online tests say they're not perfect indicators of a candidate's success but they cut down the amount of time wasted on those who are not the right match for the job.
I'm less than happy with that situation, when you think of the amount of time we wasted trying to get tickets," added Susan Stoker from Hythe, Kent.
I'm less than happy with that situation, when you think of the amount of time we wasted trying to get tickets," added Susan Stoker from Hythe in Kent.
After each rollout an inordinate amount of time is wasted fighting fires and this "takes away from your ability to do a good job on the next release".
A typical VoIP source tends to transmit a large number of packets with a small payload, and such a combination is known to lead to large transmission overheads [35] in that a considerable amount of time is wasted in the contention phase and in sending headers and acknowledgments.
