procrastinate
verb (used without object)
to defer action; delay.
had procrastinated
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past perfectof procrastinate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had procrastinated and a film assignment was due.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
I had procrastinated for over a week in writing the paper, and it was due on Monday.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
He had told himself that he was going to do something bold and decisive, but he had procrastinated; he had never really formed a plan.
From The Blood of the Conquerors by Harvey Fergusson
But now it appeared he had procrastinated fatally: Time and Change had left little other than the shell of the Troyon's he remembered.
From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Louis Joseph Vance
