0 someone who causes another person to waste time doing something that does not achieve any good result:
He is not one of the time-wasters.
So thick are the serious matters to be considered that this is one of those rare parliamentary occasions when we can get happily rid of the professional time-wasters.
Students have always faced distractions and time-wasters but computers and cellphones are a constant stream of stimuli that poses challenge to focusing and learning.