wastetime noun2 •(rare) Something done to pass the time.[…] theatres were closed, novels contemptuously dismissed as 'wastetimes', and poets declared to be wantons; […] — 2005 •(rare) The period of time that a product spends in the environment as waste, after it has been disposed of.We need longer useful lifetimes and short biodegradable wastetimes for products, if we are to minimize material-resource inputs and maximize recovery and reuse of wastes. — 1973 formswastetimes
