hands-offadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌhændˈzɒf/us/ˌhændˈzɑːf/Someone who has a hands-off way of organizing or dealing with something allows other people to make decisions about how things should be done and avoids becoming directly involved:
Paul has a hands-off style of management.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Passive and not working
- anywhere
- arse about/around
- breather
- breathing space
- bum
- bum around
- float
- idle
- leave sb be idiom
- lie around
- moribund
- not get/go anywhere idiom
- out of action idiom
- passive
- recharge
- slob around (sth)
- slop around (sth)
- stew
- take five idiom
- torpid
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