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dilatory
[ dil-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
adjective
- tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision:
a dilatory strategy.
dilatory
/ -trɪ; ˈdɪlətərɪ /
adjective
- tending or inclined to delay or waste time
- intended or designed to waste time or defer action
Derived Forms
- ˈdilatoriness, noun
- ˈdilatorily, adverb
Other Words From
- dila·tori·ly adverb
- dila·tori·ness noun
- un·dila·tori·ly adverb
- un·dila·tory adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of dilatory1
Example Sentences
Decision making is slow, acquisition processes are dilatory, and maintenance of the equipment bought is poor.
The tedious, dilatory time and money-wasting “come later on” procedure of times gone by no longer obtains.
But the policy of Austria was, at that time, strangely dilatory and irresolute.
The Greek Government, British retaliation which was all but bankrupt, was dilatory in settling these claims.
An early dinner was eaten, and the dishes washed with an alacrity in agreeable contrast to the dilatory methods of the morning.
He felt like explaining to them that he had not just arrived, and that he really was not so foolish or so dilatory as he looked.
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