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loiterings
noun as in inactivity
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noun as in inertness
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noun as in inoperativeness
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- dawdling
- dilly-dallying
- dormancy
- droning
- goof-off time
- hibernation
- idleness
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- leisure
- lethargy
- loafing
- loitering
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stagnation
- stupor
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- vegetating
noun as in retardation
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- adjournment
- bind
- check
- cunctation
- dawdling
- demurral
- detainment
- detention
- discontinuation
- downtime
- filibuster
- hindrance
- holdup
- impediment
- interval
- jam
- lag
- lingering
- logjam
- moratorium
- obstruction
- postponement
- problem
- procrastination
- prorogation
- remission
- reprieve
- setback
- showstopper
- stall
- stay
- stop
- stoppage
- surcease
- suspension
- tie up
- wait
noun as in dalliance
noun as in delay
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noun as in idleness
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Example Sentences
She spent her days in purposeless loiterings in and out of the cottage, in long reveries and solitary walks.
The drive of a few weeks, with many loiterings for pleasure in the cities on the way, took them to Kief on the Dnieper.
The octroi would have no sympathy with my loiterings among their wares.
A dry spot flashing beneath your tread, or perhaps a sea-bird circling above your head, attends your loiterings.
We should have liked well, had our object permitted it, to have made some brief notes of our own "Loiterings."
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On this page you'll find 257 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to loiterings, such as: lethargy, sluggishness, stagnation, dawdling, dormancy, and droning.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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