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How to pronounce slacking in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms goldbricking, goofing off, shirking, soldiering
Type of dodging, escape, evasion
Derivation slack

Examples of slacking

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The mental exhaustion alone from the every day is enough to cause some slacking.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
When I was in high school, nobody worried about slacking off during senior year.
From the washingtonpost.com
If it's clear they're slacking, then there's a performance issue to be dealt with.
From the kentucky.com
Uria says time, or the lack of it, is the biggest excuse among those slacking off.
From the edition.cnn.com
I was annoyed some friends that just began working on a startup were slacking off.
From the techcrunch.com
Hi, sorry, I just got back from nine weeks at camp so have been slacking a little.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As long as they keep slacking this well, let's hope they don't quit their day jobs.
From the time.com
A few students were removed because they were slacking off in class, he said.
From the washingtonpost.com
D'Amico found the slacking coverage and took advantage of it in the second quarter.
From the democratandchronicle.com
More examples
  • Avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
  • Dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
  • Loose: not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
  • Be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"
  • Flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water"
  • Slump: a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"
  • In project management, float or slack is the amount of time that a task in a project network can be delayed without causing a delay to: * subsequent tasks (free float) * project completion date (total float)
  • The Slack is a 22 km long river in the Pas-de-Calais department, in northern France.
  • The Slack is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated near to Butterknowle, to the west of Bishop Auckland.