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UK
/pɹəkɹˈɑːstɪnˌeɪt/
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[ US /pɹəˈkɹæstəˌneɪt/ ]
[ US /pɹəˈkɹæstəˌneɪt/ ]
VERB
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postpone doing what one should be doing
He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days -
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