To avoid doing work or effort; to be lazy or negligent about responsibilities.
From Middle English 'slak' meaning 'loose' or 'not tight,' which evolved to mean 'loose in effort' or 'lazy.' The '-ing' form shows ongoing action.
Students have been slacking since schools began, but now with online learning, psychologists study how digital distractions make slacking easier and harder to detect than ever before in educational history.
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