verb
- wasting time, money, or energy on trivial matters
Usage: present participle of ‘fritter away’
Examples
- She was frittering away her inheritance on expensive clothes.
- Stop frittering your time on social media and focus on your studies.
- The company is frittering its resources on unnecessary projects.
- He spent the morning frittering around the house instead of working.
- They’re frittering their savings on daily coffee shop visits.
- The team was frittering away their lead with careless mistakes.