Definition
Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.
In Context
- "Hey, TV can be a great source of learning, information, and keeping your kids occupied, but if your priorities are shifting and you want to grow out of your current life and into a new one, it's a time burglar […]"
- "Being a social climber was more of a time burglar than having a ghost twin sister."
- "That's when it hits me that Brunswick is a time burglar. Specifically, she's stealing my time with her inane questions and now she is my nemesis."