Also means
waste
Usage Note
Perte covers loss in many senses — financial (perte de revenus), physical (perte de mémoire), and abstract (perte de temps, 'waste of time'). The idiom à perte de vue means 'as far as the eye can see'. The related verb is perdre.
Examples
"C'est une perte de temps."
Natural Translation
It's a waste of time.
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