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wasting time
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Verb
Present participle for to waste time by doing nothing in particular
Present participle for to be slow or unproductive at a task
Present participle for to spend one's time engaging in frivolous or meaningless activity
Present participle for to obstruct or delay (proposed legislation) with a filibuster
Present participle for to procrastinate or be lazy, especially with work or responsibilities
Present participle for to behave or move in a listless and aimless manner
Present participle for to delay action until a particular time or event
Noun
Aimless or unproductive activity
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Verb
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Present participle for to waste time by doing nothing in particular
dawdling
lolling
idling
dallying
lazing
bumming
loafing
lazying
lounging
chilling
chillin
relaxing
lollygagging
hanging about
hanging around
goofing off
killing time
kicking around
kicking back
vegging out
lolling around
hacking around
frittering away time
lounging about
hanging out
twiddling thumbs
lazing about
whiling away the time
filling in time
passing the time
sitting on one's hands
idling away time
idling away the hours
consuming time
amusing oneself
chilling out
messing around
frittering away
whiling away time
shilly-shallying
burning daylight
doing nothing in particular
loitering
lounging around
dillydallying
fooling around
footling
droning
lying around
doing nothing
passing time
sitting around
hanging round
loafing around
loafing about
lazing around
bumming around
mooching around
taking it easy
lingering
waiting
vegetating
slacking
pottering
skiving
trifling
puttering around
kicking your heels
stalling
dilly-dallying
basking
goldbricking
fiddling around
slowing down
not lifting a finger
pottering around
mooching about
tarrying
fribbling
sauntering
puttering
lying about
malingering
whiling away
standing around
doodling
procrastinating
marking time
knocking around
lolling about
monkeying around
goofing around
whiling away hours
fooling about
horsing around
hanging
frittering time away
faffing about
fiddling
drifting
mooching
strolling
evading
shirking
dreaming
taking things easy
letting down
piddling
fooling with
trifling with
putting off
playing games
boondoggling
skulking
languishing
resting on your oars
stagnating
sitting back and do nothing
batting about
mouldering
UK
slouching about
bludging
sitting back
slouching
puddling around
fannying about
batting around
puddling
going to seed
slummocking
slouching around
whiling
degenerating
moldering
US
bobbing off
frittering
lying
unwinding
mucking about
slacking off
diddling around
staying
dossing
whiling away the hours
fooling away
daydreaming
piddling around
piddling about
vegging
remaining
abiding
dwelling
residing
hovering
roaming
sticking around
spending time
haunting
living
sitting it out
having nothing to do
twiddling
playing
vegetizing
reclining
futzing
drooping
wandering
ambling
mooning
stooging
batting
meandering
chillaxing
lying dormant
resting
messing about
creeping
taking a break
taking a breather
putting your feet up
taking five
lying down on job
dogging it
hibernating
more ❯
“Jack seems content to
waste time
on the couch holding her. He really is a wonderful man.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be slow or unproductive at a task
dallying
lingering
dawdling
tarrying
delaying
loitering
dillydallying
procrastinating
piddling
dilly-dallying
taking one's time
killing time
taking too long
fiddling about
losing time
taking one's own sweet time
whiling away time
hesitating
vacillating
stalling
dithering
shilly-shallying
humming and hawing
faltering
fluctuating
temporizing
US
havering
swithering
temporising
UK
staggering
blowing hot and cold
wavering
trifling
scrupling
sitting on the fence
marking time
taking your time
hemming and hawing
hanging back
oscillating
halting
wabbling
hanging around
teetering
pussyfooting around
wobbling
playing a waiting game
hanging about
balancing
faffing about
taking time
messing around
umming and ahing
dodging
lagging
straggling
diddling
goofing off
dragging
tottering
lagging behind
falling behind
waiting around
pottering round
pottering about
using delaying tactics
buying time
holding back
dragging your feet
crawling
waiting
moping
filibustering
hanging fire
playing for time
pausing
hanging on
pottering around
lallygagging
putting off doing something
staying put
stonewalling
idling
plodding
lollygagging
creeping
horsing around
poking
pottering
dragging your heels
moving slowly
putting off
shirking
slacking
dropping behind
lolling
puttering
fooling around
sitting around
slouching
deferring
beating around the bush
holding over
hedging
equivocating
kicking the can down the road
diverting
postponing
gaining time
distracting
beating about the bush
prevaricating
avoiding the issue
getting no place fast
goofing around
warming a chair
biding
hanging round
more ❯
“Neither do you want to
waste time
in the exam sharpening pencils or filling fountain pens when you could be writing.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to spend one's time engaging in frivolous or meaningless activity
playing
messing around
fooling about
mucking about
faffing about
lounging around
mooching around
“Why do I sometimes
waste time
playing computer games? Because I can only cope with so much work before giving myself a reward, a break from what I am doing.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to obstruct or delay (proposed legislation) with a filibuster
filibustering
delaying
obstructing
procrastinating
blocking
stalling
stonewalling
hindering
buying time
preventing
employing delaying tactics
putting off
playing for time
kicking the can down the road
Verb
▲
Present participle for to procrastinate or be lazy, especially with work or responsibilities
slacking
idling
shirking
flagging
neglecting
relaxing
skiving
bludging
dodging
dossing
underworking
bobbing off
goofing off
taking it easy
bunking off
lounging about
slacking off
sitting back and do nothing
Verb
▲
Present participle for to behave or move in a listless and aimless manner
mooning
idling
loafing
drifting
moping
fiddling
mooching
batting
dossing
lollygagging
stooging around
dallying
lingering
delaying
tarrying
lagging
dillydallying
diddling
dawdling
creeping
poking
dragging
crawling
lallygagging
shilly-shallying
hanging around
loitering
procrastinating
stalling
pottering
trifling
waiting
staying
shlepping along
marking time
bumming around
frittering time away
taking your time
pottering round
getting no place fast
pottering about
fooling around
dragging your feet
sitting on one's butt
hanging out
killing time
putting off
sitting around
frittering away
hanging fire
pottering around
diddle-daddling
warming a chair
dilly-dallying
hanging about
scrounging around
languishing
drooping
stooging
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to delay action until a particular time or event
waiting
awaiting
resting
holding back
delaying
hanging
pausing
stalling
abiding
countdowning
holding on
standing by
hanging on
holding everything
holding your horses
killing time
marking time
being patient
biding your time
cooling it
cooling your heels
hanging fire
holding one's breath
kicking your heels
passing the time
holding your fire
lying in wait
lying low
sitting tight
putting on hold
sweating it
sweating it out
sitting up for
staying up for
waiting in the wings
holding the phone
saving it
waiting on
hanging onto your hat
looking forward
twiddling thumbs
waiting patiently
Noun
▲
Aimless or unproductive activity
timepass
doing nothing useful
procrastination
twiddling one's thumbers
deferment
deferral
doing nothing
pastime
postponement
putting off
stalling
waste of time
boondoggle
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