slacking (off)

verb

present participle of slack (off)
1
as in hanging around

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2
as in forgetting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slacking (off)
  1. hanging around
  2. forgetting
  3. hanging about
  4. neglecting
Verb
  • This time the shark is hanging around for a month in familiar waters.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
  • Grow Naturally Repellent Plants There are many plants that function as natural mosquito repellents and having them in your garden can really help to lessen the presence of mosquitoes and deter them from hanging around.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 2 July 2026
Definition of hanging around
Verb
  • Many businesses focus heavily on improving products while forgetting about the value of responsiveness.
    — Dmitriy Schwarzburg, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Never forgetting your past, but also living in the present, and always striving to do more in the future.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of forgetting
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  • President James Garfield’s assassin, Charles Guiteau, died by hanging about five months after he was convicted of murder.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of hanging about
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  • As Jefferson’s opponents criticized him for sanctioning intervention and neglecting to free the prisoners, his supporters lashed out at the opposing Federalist Party for allegedly orchestrating a rebellion in Spain’s colonies in the first place.
    — Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
  • Chelsea had her probation revoked and was sentenced to jail in October after she was arrested three times in 2024, starting with a September arrest on multiple felony charges, including neglecting a child and possession of methamphetamine.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
Definition of neglecting
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