1. (

• dalliance ,
• dawdling ,
• trifling

) the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working ;

1. (

• piddle ,
• wanton ,
• wanton_away ,
• piddle_away ,
• trifle

) waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently ;

2. (

• frivol ,
• trifle

) act frivolously ;

3. (

• dally ,
• trifle ,
• play ,

) consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" ;

1. (

• negligible ,
• paltry ,
• trifling

) not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter" ;