1
as in hung around
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as in neglected
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slacked (off)
Verb
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The Blackhawks still hung around, though.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026 -
Brooklyn hung around early, with Day’Ron Sharpe’s interior work briefly cutting the deficit to four, but the Rockets answered every push.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
2 Jan. 2026
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Tend to Houseplants During the holiday season, with travel and a focus on holiday greenery, houseplants can end up neglected.—
Kristin Hohenadel,
The Spruce,
14 Jan. 2026
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Research into problem gambling is even more neglected.—
Vanity Fair,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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Faith never forgot to be moved by the people behind her policies.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
14 Jan. 2026
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And he’d been effectively frozen-out by an offense that forgot how to move the ball.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Rittenhouse admits to initially being bummed out to not be the murderer, only to quickly come around to preferring this outcome.—
Derek Lawrence,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Jan. 2026
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I'mPhaedra Trethan, bummed out about the passing of Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Slacked (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slacked%20%28off%29. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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