procrastinate
verb (used without object)
to defer action; delay.
has procrastinated
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present perfectof procrastinate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The producer didn't achieve either goal, and now it has procrastinated itself out of business.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2012
This event has procrastinated, and may possibly defeat, the settlement of the differences between the United States and that country.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 3: James Knox Polk by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson
