Sentence examples for misspent time from inspiring English sources

"misspent time" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It means time that has been used or spent in a wasteful or unproductive manner. Example: He regretted the many hours of misspent time he had spent playing video games instead of studying for his exams.

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Young singers flocked to him, and he was never shy about speaking his mind, even if that meant telling untalented young hopefuls to spare themselves further misspent time, money and energy, and look for a new career.

I was determined to banish the dissatisfying memory of my misspent time at university in the city, when I loitered around the student district of Fallowfield for three years, save for the occasional drunken foray into town.

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"If I spent a Saturday shopping, I felt like I misspent my time as a man," he says.

The milieu is lean in dialogue, but rich in lackadaisical atmosphere, giving the vibe of a thousand afternoons misspent killing time and brain cells.

In an era of inflated self esteem and ruthless self interest, the idea of helping others seems like time misspent.

And despite the mountains of wasted, misspent money and time that "The Church" has spent trying convince people otherwise, the Christian in me always knew that Jesus and God think gay is OK too.

And money isn't even money,necessarily, in a timelike this, when money loses value and timeis misspent losing money.And time isn't even time, necessarily, if it's lost moneyon which you're wasting time,nor is money really money if it's wasted on wasted time.Still, sometimes, time is money,but only if you have money and time.

Addressing the same issues of misspent lives and tarnished values, this time through the terrifying lens of Rémy's onrushing death, Mr. Arcand has made the best film of his career.

When asked why he made his piece, Chambaud has spoken of the countless hours that he, like many of us, has spent sitting in the dark at the movies, and how L'Horloge is an attempt to make sense of this behavior, to be able to say that his time wasn't completely misspent after all.

My misspent youth was pre-Pill so I spent the whole time praying for my period to appear.

Further, some critics say the New York City program does not allow enough time for mentoring, while others say the time is misspent.

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