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Present participle for to stand or wait around without apparent purpose

Present participle for to move or act at a slow speed

Present participle for to move stealthily or furtively

Present participle for to remain in a specified state or position

(slang, vulgar) Present participle for to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment

Present participle for to waste or spend time in aimless or frivolous activity

Present participle for to pass or spend (time) in idleness

Present participle for to cause to proceed or move at a slower pace

The action of delaying or moving at a slow pace

Lack of decision or purpose

The act of retarding or delaying

Habitual indisposition to action or motion

Slow to move or act

Doing nothing in particular

Of little importance

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Verb

Present participle for to stand or wait around without apparent purpose

mooching around

whiling away time

twiddling thumbs

lounging around

sticking around

frittering away

kicking your heels

frittering away time

procrastinating

passing the time

filling in time

standing around

idling away the hours

knocking around

whiling away the time

whiling away hours

not lifting a finger

frittering time away

idling away time

sitting on one's hands

amusing oneself

whiling away the hours

piddling around

puttering around

fiddling around

pottering around

lying down on job

resting on your oars

sitting back and do nothing

slouching about

puddling around

slouching around

diddling around

taking things easy

doing nothing in particular

putting your feet up

taking a breather

shilly-shallying

burning daylight

flopping around

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“Egg-laying hens loiter near their hen house and sometimes into the flowerbed.”

Verb

Present participle for to move or act at a slow speed

shilly-shallying

getting no place fast

procrastinating

dragging your feet

dropping behind

trailing behind

taking one's time

humming and hawing

playing a waiting game

whiling away time

bringing up the rear

going for a walk

taking a stroll

playing for time

dragging your heels

using delaying tactics

putting off doing something

going aimlessly

schlepping along

strolling along

loitering along

hemming and hawing

pussyfooting around

blowing hot and cold

moving at a snail's pace

getting some exercise

getting some air

walking casually

advancing slowly

appearing to pass slowly

going on and on

going on too long

becoming tedious

taking too long

taking one's own sweet time

taking a raincheck

suspending action

postponing action

deferring action

letting something slide

kicking the can down the road

taking your time

pottering about

pottering around

pottering round

going for a stroll

dragging behind

knocking around

circumambulating

stretching your legs

going walkabout

following one's nose

mooching around

walking the tracks

making your way

hitting the road

wandering aimlessly

wandering about

hitting the bricks

going off at a tangent

getting sidetracked

getting off the point

moving aimlessly

wending your way

finding your way

picking your way

walking up and down

marching up and down

walking to and fro

walking back and forth

wandering around

trekking through

struggling along

traveling on foot

travelling on foot

making one's way

going for a constitutional

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“The weather had tempted them to loiter along the banks of the Cherwell.”

Verb

Present participle for to move stealthily or furtively

moving furtively

creeping around

going furtively

moving with stealth

lying in wait for

moving stealthily

treading warily

insinuating oneself

passing quietly

going stealthily

moving on hands and knees

laying in wait for

moving secretly

waiting in the shadows

concealing yourself

watching your step

picking your way

pulling oneself

moving unnoticed

dragging oneself

walking quietly

going on all fours

worming your way

advancing stealthily

dragging oneself along

pulling oneself along

approaching unnoticed

moving on all fours

crawling on all fours

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Verb

Present participle for to remain in a specified state or position

sticking around

holding the fort

sweating it out

establishing oneself

establishing yourself

putting down roots

remaining behind

holding the line

holding your horses

kicking your heels

waiting a minute

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Verb

(slang, vulgar) Present participle for to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment

beating the meat

doing nothing much

spinning one's wheels

Verb

Present participle for to waste or spend time in aimless or frivolous activity

Verb

Present participle for to pass or spend (time) in idleness

Verb

Present participle for to cause to proceed or move at a slower pace

Noun

The action of delaying or moving at a slow pace

procrastination

dragging your feet

shilly-shallying

humming and hawing

delaying tactics

hemming and hawing

kicking the can down the road

procrastinating

second thoughts

blowing hot and cold

lack of resolution

sitting on the fence

inconclusiveness

shillyshallying

half-heartedness

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Noun

Lack of decision or purpose

shilly-shallying

dragging your feet

procrastination

hemming and hawing

humming and hawing

second thoughts

blowing hot and cold

inconclusiveness

lack of enthusiasm

shillyshallying

lack of resolution

half-heartedness

sitting on the fence

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Noun

The act of retarding or delaying

discontinuation

procrastination

holding pattern

cooling-off period

period of waiting

breathing space

suspended animation

breathing spell

intervening period

intervening time

pause in the action

break in your journey

delaying tactics

kicking the can down the road

Mexican standoff

communication breakdown

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Noun

Habitual indisposition to action or motion

Adjective

Slow to move or act

procrastinating

slow and steady

behind schedule

on hands and knees

slow as molasses

procrastinative

disorganized^US

asleep at the wheel

asleep on the job

disorganised^UK

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Adjective

Doing nothing in particular

Adjective

Of little importance

inconsequential

nickel-and-dime

of little account

of little consequence

of no consequence

not worth mentioning

of little importance

not worth bothering about

of no importance

twopenny-halfpenny

neither here nor there

not worth speaking of

of no great concern

dissatisfactory

of minor importance

beside the point

thin on the ground

hard to come by

few and far between

of no significance

of little import

good-for-nothing

underrepresented

in short supply

without rhyme or reason

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

unconsequential

hardly worth mentioning

too little too late

of less importance

no great shakes

in the minority

out of the ordinary

counterproductive

no good to gundy

lacking foundation

without grounds

without foundation

would fetch nothing

of no financial value

of little value

of negligible value

smallest amount of

without success

in vicious circle

one-dimensional

undistinguished

indistinguishable

underprivileged

undistinguishable

lower in status

of little worth

lacking substance

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

of no earthly use

impossible to detect

hard to make out

unrecognized^US

unrecognised^UK

unsubstantiated

uninspirational

extremely small

invisible to the naked eye

barely perceptible

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