dawdling
/ˈdɔdəlɪŋ/
verb
- To waste time; to move or act slowly, especially when you should be doing something else.
- The children dawdled on the way to school, making them late.
- He dawdled over his coffee, not wanting to go to the meeting.
- Stop dawdling and finish your homework before dinner.
Synonyms
noun
- The act of wasting time or moving slowly.
- There's no time for dawdling if we want to catch the train.
- Her constant dawdling frustrated the entire group.
- The teacher warned the class that dawdling would not be tolerated.