runaround — indecisive or evasive treatment, especially in response to a request: Ask for a raise and he'll give you the runaround.
copout — an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion: The governor's platform was a cop-out.
run around — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
intangible — not tangible; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impalpable.
unapparent — readily seen; exposed to sight; open to view; visible: The crack in the wall was readily apparent.
fugitive — a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.
loafing — to idle away time: He figured the mall was as good a place as any for loafing.