dawdler

noun
UK /ˈdɔːdlə/
US /ˈdɔːdlər/

A person who is slow and wastes time.

The dawdler missed the bus because he stopped to look at every shop window.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. Someone who moves without purpose or urgency.

The dawdler wandered through the park with no plan at all.

3. A person who falls behind others in a group.

The teacher waited for the dawdler at the back of the line.

4. Someone who wastes time instead of working.

His boss called him a dawdler for chatting by the coffee machine.