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procrastinate

[ UK /pɹəkɹˈɑːstɪnˌe‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /pɹəˈkɹæstəˌneɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. postpone doing what one should be doing
    He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
  2. postpone or delay needlessly
    He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late

How To Use procrastinate In A Sentence

  • We would have make it earlier, but I procrastinated with completed and sealed ballots sitting on my desk for a couple of days -- no good excuse, but the reminders to spare the GOTC callers (and ourselves) reminder calls goosed me into action. BlueOregon
  • At the present time, no action was needed, and it was pleasant to procrastinate, to temporize without feeling guilty about it. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
  • Insensitive bureaucrats in the capital should not be allowed to procrastinate and thereby delay the delivery of food to the needy.
  • He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
  • What more reasonable than that this should be done, while living witnesses may yet be called, to prove or disprove the several allegations and assertions; since, in a few years more, such witnesses may be as much wanting as to prevent a canonization, which is therefore prudently procrastinated for above an age? The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings
  • Besides the crowds, I think the biggest reason I usually procrastinate is shopping alone. Stonetable.org » Finally…
  • Plus, he reads the word procrastinate as "procrasturbate. Diary of a Self-Help Dropout: Flirting With the 4-Hour Workweek
  • While the inclination to procrastinate is common, one must fully consider the detrimental impact of unnecessary delays.
  • The government should give leadership, and not procrastinate and vacillate, he said, although he recognised it could take 20 years.
  • A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance. Hunter S. Thompson 
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