slacking (off)

present participle of slack (off)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slacking (off)
Verb
  • In 2022, just days before his 18th birthday, Chinese snowboarder Su Yiming found himself atop an Olympic podium with a gold medal hanging around his neck.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Buford had noticed Hannah Vogan hanging around the benches on Kavanaugh Boulevard, a popular spot for Little Rock punk kids to congregate.
    David Hill, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Their latest controversy comes a day after Bell admitted to forgetting their wedding anniversary on the red carpet.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • To be useful, our memories are dynamic rather than static, which is why forgetting is an active process, a feature and not a bug.
    Big Think, Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 2019, city employees began hanging about 500 trick-or-treat pumpkin buckets in the trees on Main Street every October.
    Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Orion Nebula Those viewing from a dark sky location may also notice a blurry patch of light hanging about 5 degrees below Orion's belt.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This isn’t the same as a parent bringing two young children home a tasty treat from a business trip and neglecting a third.
    R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Funding tools and training, while neglecting the systemic change needed to drive real transformation.
    Heather Conklin, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Slacking (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slacking%20%28off%29. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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