procrastination
Other forms: procrastinations
Procrastination is putting off or deferring an action (usually one we don't want to do) until a later time (usually the last minute).
Activities that inspire procrastination include work, chores, studying, or anything else we don't feel like doing right now. Activities we choose in our procrastination include surfing the Internet, watching television, reorganizing our pencils, talking on the phone, or sleeping. Great synonyms for this word include dilly-dallying and shillyshally.
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the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later timesynonyms: cunctation, shilly-shally, shillyshally
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slowness as a consequence of not getting around to itsynonyms: dilatorinesstype of:deliberateness, deliberation, slowness, unhurriednessa rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
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