I can be measured but never seen. I can be spent but never touched. What am I?
Category: Brain · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Consider what governs our schedules.
Answer
Time
Explanation
Time fits the clues as it can be quantified (hours, minutes) but is intangible and can be wasted or spent.
This is a expert brain riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is Time.
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