procrastinating

procrastinating
Synonyms and related words:
Micawberish, backward, contemplative, culpably negligent, dallying, delaying, derelict, dilatory, dillydallying, do-nothing, dormant, easygoing, foot-dragging, idle, immobile, inactive, inadvertent, inattentive, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, lax, lazy, lingering, loitering, loose, meditative, motionless, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, neuter, neutral, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, off-guard, overly permissive, paralytic, paralyzed, passive, permissive, procrastinative, procrastinatory, quiescent, quietist, quietistic, relaxed, remiss, scamping, shuffling, skimping, slack, slighting, slow, sluggish, slurring, stagnant, stagnating, standpat, static, stationary, uncircumspect, unguarded, unrigorous, unwary, unwatchful, vegetable, vegetative

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