loafing synonyms

loafing

modif.

  1. Doing nothing useful

    rambling, worthless, futile; see lazy 1.

  2. Ostensibly employed, but wasting time

    slacking, shirking, evading, letting up, slowing down, slowing up, putting in time, apathetic, indifferent, uninterested, careless, pretending, sojering*, whipping the cat*; see also resting 1.

    Antonyms active*, toiling, energetic.

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