da
wdle
Third Person
dawdles
Present Participle
dawdling
Past Tense
dawdled
Past Participle
dawdled
1
to waste time when one should be acting with purpose
- He dawdled in the kitchen long after breakfast was over.
- The children dawdled on their way to school.
- She dawdled by the window, lost in thought.
- They dawdled at the café instead of heading to the meeting.
- I dawdled all morning and got nothing done.
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2
to walk slowly and without energy
- He dawdled down the hallway, dragging his feet.
- She dawdled through the market, barely glancing at the stalls.
- The dog dawdled behind, sniffing every tree.
- They dawdled across the park, enjoying the breeze.
- He dawdled toward the exit, reluctant to leave.
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3
to waste time on something in a slow, ineffective, or unproductive way
- She dawdled the afternoon away on unfinished sketches.
- He dawdled his time on pointless tasks.
- They dawdled the morning cleaning one shelf.
- I dawdled my energy on a project that went nowhere.
- He dawdled the day trying to fix a broken lamp.
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