> Noun - *trifling* - the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working [TFD][1] Or > Noun - *dawdling* - an act of going very slowly and wasting time. [TFD][2] Both are single words that describe time-wasting activities without swearing. Trifling is derived from trivial, which is appropriate in this case, and dawdling sounds like doodling, another way to waste time. I would choose my words because they add more of a descriptive and evocative setting to a given scenario. Trifling is frivolous and playful time-wasting, dawdling sounds lazy and aimless. Also, > Loiter - verb - To stand idly about; linger without any purpose. [TFD][3] which has a more legalistic side to it. [1]: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/trifling [2]: https:// [3]: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/loitering