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procrastination

[ proh-kras-tuh-ney-shuhn, pruh ]

noun

  1. the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention:

    She was smart, but her constant procrastination led her to be late with almost every assignment.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of procrastination1

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin prōcrāstinātiōn-, stem of prōcrāstinātiō “a putting off until tomorrow,” equivalent to prōcrāstināt(us), past participle of prōcrāstināre “to put off until tomorrow” + -iō -ion ( def ); procrastinate ( def )
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Example Sentences

We have a limited number of Startup Exhibitor Packages available, and procrastination is not your friend.

Lots of people engage in “revenge bedtime procrastination,” which describes a tendency to push off sleep to make time for personal activities.

Consistently rewarding earliness, he said, could help curb procrastination.

How to overcome procrastination By overcoming your tendency to stall, then, you can improve your mental and physical well-being.

Kick procrastination to the curb and keep more money in your wallet.

Procrastination is certainly a problem for many at work and school.

“Bedtime procrastination may be a relatively modern phenomenon,” explained Kroese.

“Stop procrastinating” focuses your brain on procrastination.

Eder Campuzano: Doing the laundry you put off for two weeks for free is like winning the World Series of procrastination.

Why both sides see procrastination now as the path to getting their way later, after Election Day.

The Daemon of procrastination has at length yielded to the Genius of Friendship, assisted indeed by the powers of fear and shame.

The Directors, after much procrastination, drew up and submitted their case.

But procrastination is a South American characteristic, and the affair drifted on until, in 1888, a Convention was made.

And Philip, never quite ready for any important decision, praised his lieutenant's delay, and inculcated further procrastination.

Procrastination was a thief that had never succeeded in wresting much time from Hepworth.

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procrastinateProcrastination is the thief of time