dawdler

/'dɔ:dlə/

Thân thiện

A child dawdler walks slowly behind the group on the nature trail.

Definition

Noun: A person who is slow and wastes time, often by moving or acting without purpose or urgency; a person who falls behind others due to this slow pace.

Usage

The word "dawdler" is used to describe a person who habitually delays, lingers, or proceeds very slowly, causing them to be late or behind schedule. It often carries a mildly critical or disapproving tone.

Examples

• The teacher asked the dawdlers at the back of the line to please hurry up.
• We'll never make our flight if you continue to be such a dawdler.
• He's a charming dawdler, always the last to leave the café.

Advanced Usage

• "An incorrigible dawdler": This phrase emphasizes that the person's habit of dawdling is persistent and unlikely to change.
  • My brother is an incorrigible dawdler; we always have to build in an extra half-hour for him.

Variants and Related Words

• Dawdle (verb): To waste time by being slow or idle.
  • Don't dawdle on your way home from school.
• Dawdling (noun/adj): The act of dawdling, or describing someone/something that dawdles.
  • Her constant dawdling makes us late.

Synonyms

• Laggard: A person who makes slow progress and falls behind others.
• Loafer: A person who idles time away.
• Procrastinator: A person who delays or postpones action.
• Slowpoke (informal): A person who moves or acts very slowly.

Antonyms

• Speedster
• Hustler
• Go-getter

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Từ đồng nghĩa

• drone
• laggard
• lagger
• trailer
• poke