Dawdlesome
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Characterised or marked by dawdling
"By setting the timer for short increments (5 to 15 minutes) for the duration of any potentially dawdlesome task— phone calls, filing, sorting through piles of paper—Chaos Creators can gain a more realistic sense of the limits of their time (and perhaps other people's, too)."
Example
More examples"By setting the timer for short increments (5 to 15 minutes) for the duration of any potentially dawdlesome task— phone calls, filing, sorting through piles of paper—Chaos Creators can gain a more realistic sense of the limits of their time (and perhaps other people's, too)."
Etymology
From dawdle + -some.
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