1
downtime(noun, check, delay, stay, wait)
1
droning(noun, inactivity, lethargy, trifling, laziness)
1
dubiety(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty)
1
dull
1
easy
1
equivocation(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty)
1
faltering(noun, adjective, delay, weakness, doubt)
1
filibuster(noun, check, delay, stay, wait)
1
filibustering(verb, procrastinating)
1
flirt
1
fluctuation(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty)
1
foolish and slow(expression, idiom)
1
fumbling(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty)
1
goof-off time(noun, expression, inactivity, lethargy, trifling)
1
goofing off
1
half-hearted(adjective, uncertain, shy, doubtful, hesitant)
1
halting(adjective, uncertain, shy, doubtful, hesitant)
1
hanging back(expression, adjective, uncertain, shy, doubtful)
1
hangup(noun, check, delay, stay, wait)
1
hemming and hawing(noun, expression, idiom, delay, weakness)
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