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delayed
[ dih-leyd ]
adjective
delayed flights.
Delayed deliveries cause customers to complain.
a delayed reaction;
a child's delayed development.
- Physics. of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
Other Words From
- unde·layed adjective
- well-de·layed adjective
Example Sentences
That episode underscored the precariousness of the delayed season and the importance of Puget Sound’s early Senior Day, an idea that was inspired by Saturday’s opponent.
Umansky said Friday that about 1,000 checks from the delayed batch had been cashed so far, including some reissued payments.
The delayed timing could become an issue with county registrars who need to have districts set in time for the June 2022 primary, said Evan McLaughlin, vice president of Redistricting Partners.
Ant’s planned IPO in Hong Kong and Shanghai was initially seen in China as a major vote of confidence in the country’s markets, but the delayed debut suggests that Beijing isn’t necessarily welcoming the company with open arms.
A record number of absentee and mail-in ballots that needed to be counted delayed election results in many states.
Like Sony Entertainment's The Interview, political pressure delayed the arrivale of foreign films in Korea.
Then he'd call back the next day and say the trip had been delayed.
While difficult to estimate exact numbers, thousands of Americans die every year because of delayed or denied claims.
And it merely delayed the apocalyptic maelstrom that followed rather than preventing it.
We are looking at the results of what happens when justice is delayed or denied.
Then it appears that the rebels delayed their attack until the arrival of their chief, hourly expected.
Ordinarily the diazo appears a little earlier than the Widal reaction—about the fourth or fifth day—but it may be delayed.
Coagulation is notably delayed in hemophilia and icterus and after administration of citric acid.
Each hour that he delayed the revelation he felt himself almost as guilty as he had held his mother to be.
It is delayed in most organic diseases of the stomach, especially in dilatation and carcinoma, but not in neuroses.
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