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goof-off time

NOUN
idleness
Synonyms
STRONG
dawdling dormancy droning hibernation inactivity indolence inertia leisure lethargy loafing shiftlessness sloth slothfulness slouch slowness sluggishness stupor torpidity torpor trifling truancy unemployment
WEAK
dilly-dallying joblessness laze lazing loitering otiosity own sweet time pottering time on one's hands time to burn time to kill time-wasting vegetating
Antonyms
STRONG
activity energy life liveliness vigor
WEAK
action ambition busyness diligence employment hustle industry labor occupation work
NOUN
inactivity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
lethargy sluggishness stagnation
STRONG
dawdling dormancy droning hibernation idleness indolence inertia inertness leisure loafing shiftlessness sloth slothfulness slouch slowness stupor torpidity torpor trifling truancy unemployment
WEAK
dilly-dallying inoperativeness joblessness laze lazing loitering otiosity own sweet time pottering time on one's hands time to burn time to kill time-wasting vegetating
Antonyms
STRONGEST
energy vigor
STRONG
employment work
NOUN
inertness
Synonyms
STRONG
dawdling dormancy droning hibernation idleness inactivity indolence inertia leisure lethargy loafing shiftlessness sloth slothfulness slouch slowness sluggishness stagnation stupor torpidity torpor trifling truancy unemployment
WEAK
dilly-dallying inoperativeness joblessness laze lazing loitering otiosity own sweet time pottering time on one's hands time to burn time to kill time-wasting vegetating
Antonyms
STRONG
activity busyness employment energy life liveliness vigor work
NOUN
inoperativeness
Synonyms
WEAK
dawdling dilly-dallying dormancy droning 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

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G.M. in particular has been hurt by walkouts over goof-off time and by wildcat strikes that occur with uncanny regularity just as the salmon-fishing or deer-hunting seasons begin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Status and Sabotage Workers also insist on more leisure on the job itself—or what auto executives call "goof-off time."

From Time Magazine Archive

Striving to achieve it soaks up water, money and weekend goof-off time in fantastic quantities.

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