procrastinate
verb (used without object)
to defer action; delay.
procrastinated
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past participleof procrastinate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof procrastinate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
procrastinateverb (used without object)to defer action; delay.
Example Sentences
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It’s one thing to study and write about later life; it’s quite another to live it and see things I wish I had done differently or, in particular, hadn’t procrastinated about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
In 2022, 17 years after the Rolling Stones released their most recent album of original songs, Mick Jagger decided the band had dithered and procrastinated long enough.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
There were managers available but they have dithered and procrastinated and paid the price for both.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2021
“I can tell you this: Bo Schembechler … he never sat on anything, he never procrastinated on anything. He took care of it before the sun went down. That’s the Bo Schembechler that I know.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
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
