foot dragging
Reluctance to act
Foot dragging is deliberate slowness or reluctance to act, especially when someone is expected to move forward on a task or decision.
The image is of someone literally dragging their feet rather than walking purposefully: The committee's foot dragging on the proposal frustrated everyone.
Also spelled foot-dragging.
- delay tacticsActions to postpone progress
- delaying tacticsActions to postpone resolution
- stonewallingDeliberately refusing to respond
- procrastinationHabitual task avoidance
- running out the clockConsuming remaining game time strategically
avoidance · reluctance · slowness · slow walking · obstructionism · work to rule · passive resistance · hesitation · passive-aggressiveness · filibustering · bureaucracy · sluggishness · slow roll · go slow · stalling · inefficiency · inertia · indecision
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
- stallingstall, stalling, delay, hesitate, procrastinate
- hostilityanimosity, hostility, antagonism, belligerence, malice
- idlingidle, idled, loaf, loafed, laze
- ineffective responsesexcuses, deflection, denial, avoidance, stonewalling
- passive aggressionsilent treatment, backhanded compliments, backhanded compliment, cold shoulder, eye rolling
foot draggingalacrity
Eager and cheerful promptness
promptness · expeditiousness · haste · urgency · dispatch
foot draggingeagerness
Intense willingness to act
enthusiasm · willingness · zeal · initiative · proactiveness
foot draggingcompliance
Adhering to requirements
facilitation · collaboration · active participation · engagement · buy-in
foot, drag, footed, footer, footing, footless, dragged, dragging, drags