plow the sands
prat about
boondoggle
piss in the wind
trifle
wanton away
piddle away
wanton
dally
piddle
fart
beat one's meat
fart-arse
coquet
faff around
faff about
fiddle about
goof off
battel
dick around
fiddle away
faff
pound sand
waste of time
bite on granite
truant
laze
spurn
timepass
dawdle
futz
fuck around
bang one's head against a brick wall
fart around
fart about
impairment
constipation
stultification
footle away
idle
deadening
make unnecessary
waste
save
noodle
dilly-dally
fanny about
burn
firtle
timewasting
burn daylight
diddle
putter around
beat off
time-waste
fool around
whiffle
fiddlefuck
multislack
dalliance
awaste
jerk off
piss up a rope
footle about
footle around
screw around
lallygag
howl at the moon
lollygag
displacement activity
dead donkey
doodlebug
go to waste
dallier
carry coals to Newcastle
dillydallier
dilly-dallier
putter about
mope
push against an open door
dissipate
lounger
slatter
twat around
twat about
time-consuming
lead someone a dance
fool away
fritter
footle
kill

English words for 'to spend considerable time and effort to do something useless; to waste time'

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