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What is another word for loses time?

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Verb
To be slow or unproductive at a task
wastes time
dallies
lingers
dawdles
tarries
delays
loiters
dillydallies
procrastinates
piddles
dilly-dallies
takes one's time
kills time
takes too long
fiddles about
takes one's own sweet time
goof around
lags
diddles
crawls
pokes
creeps
drags
mopes
hesitates
lollygags
lallygags
stalls
temporizesUS
pauses
filibusters
bides
puts off
warms a chair
stays put
temporisesUK
hangs round
hangs around
shilly-shallies
hangs about
drags your feet
takes your time
gets no place fast
idles
dithers
straggles
whiles away time
vacillates
marks time
falls behind
lags behind
plods
falters
waits
drops behind
hangs fire
loafs
hums and haws
slouches
trails
trifles
potters
stays
havers
swithers
moves slowly
plays a waiting game
mooches
limps
inches
saunters
shuffles
lolls
wavers
staggers
fluctuates
goes slowly
hangs back
trails behind
slows down
falls back
potters about
potters around
potters round
sits around
fools around
hangs out
drags your heels
plays for time
blows hot and cold
goofs off
pussyfoots around
uses delaying tactics
puts off doing something
strolls
moseys
putters
drifts
fiddles
slacks
bats
languishes
droops
moons
stooges
takes time
shirks
hems and haws
stonewalls
lazes
noses
loses
lounges
snails
totters
oozes
draggles
buys time
holds back
waits around
creaks along
hangs on
strays
horses around
skulks
defers
prolongs
adjourns
postpones
retards
protracts
limps along
creeps along
goldbricks
cools
wears on
advances slowly
hangs heavy
appears to pass slowly
goes on and on
goes on too long
passes time
mooches about
mooches around
becomes tedious
defers action
takes a raincheck
holds off
postpones action
suspends action
kicks the can down the road
lets something slide
diddle-daddles
fritters time away
fritters away
shleps along
bums around
scrounges around
sits on one's butt
equivocates
prevaricateth
prevaricates
pokes along
tails
trudges
drops
drags behind
brings up the rear
inches along
slows up
falls off
“For example, a warehouse worker scanning barcodes during picking either has only one hand free or loses time with picking the scanner from and re-attaching it to his belt.”
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