procrastinate
verb (used without object)
to defer action; delay.
have procrastinated
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present perfectof procrastinate.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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“I kept thinking about how I should not have procrastinated after I came back from the beach with my 8-year-old,” Somov said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2022
Let’s face it: most of us have procrastinated on buying a gift for Valentine’s Day before.
From The Verge ● Feb. 11, 2022
The hope, Gronvall said, is that mandates will force people who have procrastinated to join the 56% of the U.S. population now fully vaccinated.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
With the food drawing hundreds of people each week, organizers hoped that it would also attract people who have procrastinated from getting the vaccine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2021
I have delayed because I have procrastinated all my life and because I am ashamed—ashamed for the first time in all my shameless career.
From The Shadow of the East by E. M. (Edith Maude) Hull
