procrastinate
verb (used without object)
to defer action; delay.
procrastinating
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present participleof procrastinate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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A new LegalShield study found that 65% of parents with children under 18 had not taken this key step, with 19% stalled because they couldn’t decide whom to name and 18% simply procrastinating.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Say you’ve got donations in the back of your car and you keep procrastinating in dropping those off,” said AAA’s Diaz, “get that extra weight out of your vehicle.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
No fan of Dyer’s, whose many books have ranged from a bizarre if thrilling immersion in the psyches of American jazz musicians to a volume about procrastinating while trying to write about D.H.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
So Murderbot, instead of proactively going out on these adventures, is procrastinating.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025
Collins also noticed what Nigro had observed the year before: Bobby’s habit of procrastinating during a game, loitering over the board, taking just a little too long to make an obvious move.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
