Synonyms for loafing

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1. Doing nothing useful

   rambling, worthless, futile; see lazy 1.

2. Ostensibly employed, but wasting time

   slacking, shirking, evading, letting up, slowing down, slowing up, putting in time, apathetic, indifferent, uninterested, careless, pretending, sojering*, whipping the cat*; see also resting 1.

   Antonyms active*, toiling, energetic.