time bandit

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time bandit (plural time bandits)

  1. (informal, idiomatic) Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.
    • 1983, Mark Porter, The Time of Your Life, Victor Books, →ISBN, page 101:
      The telephone can be as much of a time bandit as the drop-in visitor.
    • 2005, J. Allen Queen, Patsy S. Queen, The Frazzled Principal's Wellness Plan: Reclaiming Time, Managing Stress, and Creating a Healthy Lifestyle, Corwin Press, →ISBN, page 88:
      Perfectionism is a time bandit that can rob you of extra time, lead you away from your priorities, and create emotional stress.
    • 2012, David Stam, Andrew Scott, Inside Magazine Publishing, Routledge, published 2014, →ISBN, page 124:
      Every member of the department can identify somebody inside or outside the department who is a time bandit: a person who is stealing their precious time.

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