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Moving at a notably slow speed

Unhurried or slow in pace, progress or movement

Irresolute and hesitant

The action of delaying or moving at a slow pace

The characteristic of being tentative

The act of retarding or delaying

Habitual indisposition to action or motion

Resting on your oars

Present participle for to move or act at a slow speed

Present participle for to move or walk lackadaisically

Present participle for to waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

Present participle for to pause in indecision before doing something

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Adjective

Moving at a notably slow speed

on hands and knees

underprivileged

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Adjective

Unhurried or slow in pace, progress or movement

slow and steady

procrastinating

good-for-nothing

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Adjective

Irresolute and hesitant

lacking confidence

shilly-shallying

having misgivings

on the horns of a dilemma

humming and hawing

blowing hot and cold

sitting on the fence

hemming and hawing

betwixt and between

running hot and cold

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Noun

The action of delaying or moving at a slow pace

Noun

The characteristic of being tentative

procrastination

hemming and hawing

shilly-shallying

second thoughts

humming and hawing

blowing hot and cold

inconclusiveness

lack of enthusiasm

faint-heartedness

shillyshallying

lack of resolution

half-heartedness

sitting on the fence

distrustfulness

mistrustfulness

lack of certainty

lack of confidence

lack of conviction

feeble-mindedness

reconsideration

apprehensiveness

questionableness

confusion dilemma

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Noun

The act of retarding or delaying

discontinuation

procrastination

holding pattern

cooling-off period

period of waiting

breathing space

intervening period

intervening time

pause in the action

break in your journey

breathing spell

delaying tactics

kicking the can down the road

Mexican standoff

communication breakdown

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Noun

Habitual indisposition to action or motion

dolce far niente

lackadaisicalness

unresponsiveness

absence of movement

unconsciousness

unproductiveness

immobilization^US

non-intervention

immobilisation^UK

disinclination to move

stillness of movement

lack of sensation

procrastination

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Noun

Dawdling

procrastinating

procrastination

Noun

Resting on your oars

resting on your oars

Verb

Present participle for to move or act at a slow speed

procrastinating

shilly-shallying

diddle-daddling

pottering about

pottering around

frittering time away

pottering round

frittering away

scrounging around

shlepping along

taking your time

warming a chair

dragging your feet

getting no place fast

sitting on one's butt

taking one's time

dropping behind

whiling away time

trailing behind

taking too long

bringing up the rear

humming and hawing

playing a waiting game

playing for time

using delaying tactics

dragging your heels

putting off doing something

dragging oneself

hemming and hawing

pussyfooting around

blowing hot and cold

taking a stroll

strolling along

advancing slowly

taking one's own sweet time

appearing to pass slowly

going on and on

going on too long

becoming tedious

taking a raincheck

deferring action

letting something slide

suspending action

postponing action

kicking the can down the road

dragging behind

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“Don't dawdle - questions must reach us by next Wednesday.”

Verb

Present participle for to move or walk lackadaisically

loitering along

moving at a snail's pace

circumambulating

following one's nose

mooching around

knocking around

going walkabout

walking the tracks

getting some air

getting some exercise

going for a walk

stretching your legs

going aimlessly

moving aimlessly

going off at a tangent

getting sidetracked

wandering aimlessly

getting off the point

making your way

making one's way

going for a constitutional

walking casually

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“It was quite funny coming back - Clare, Sandra and I decided to dawdle back to the History Room, so went along the Middle Corridor, and stood there waving to people on the Art Room balcony.”

Verb

Present participle for to waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

lounging around

twiddling thumbs

frittering away

frittering away time

whiling away the time

amusing oneself

idling away time

filling in time

passing the time

idling away the hours

sitting on one's hands

kicking your heels

fiddling around

mooching around

pottering around

whiling away time

puttering around

doing nothing in particular

standing around

knocking around

monkeying around

whiling away hours

not lifting a finger

frittering time away

whiling away the hours

piddling around

taking a breather

putting your feet up

doing nothing much

moseying around

resting on your oars

sitting back and do nothing

slouching about

slouching around

sticking around

shilly-shallying

burning daylight

taking things easy

acting the fool

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Verb

Present participle for to pause in indecision before doing something

shilly-shallying

humming and hawing

hemming and hawing

sitting on fence

pussyfooting around

hesitating over

sitting on the fence

blowing hot and cold

procrastinating

getting cold feet

running hot and cold

keeping changing your mind

fence-straddling

chopping and changing

whiffling waffling

umming and ahing

staying in the background

dragging your feet

dragging your heels

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