goofing off
Noun
Meaning
the evasion of work or duty
Source: WordNetSynonyms
absent-minded
shirking
soldiering
unwary
space cadet
airheaded
woolgathering
malingering
slacking
goldbricking
Hypernyms
Examples
I mean three hours of goofing off.
I’m goofing off this week, and not a bad week to be running away from everything.
So a lot of what looked like “goofing off all day” was him learning something he cared about a LOT.
That sounds odd, but really, I spent a great many of my younger professional years just goofing off and not getting much done.