procrastination
Example Sentences
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Instead, we ignored the problem, and that procrastination was costly.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
Perhaps procrastination is the greatest present of all.
From Barron's • Dec. 15, 2025
Defaults work because they harness people’s inertia, procrastination and tendency to stick with the path of least resistance, instead of requiring them to make active and often complex decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
One is the practicality of the measure, which in theory is being dealt with by the EU but is succumbing to endless procrastination.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2025
General Peckem’s communications about cleanliness and procrastination made Major Major feel like a filthy procrastinator, and he always got those out of the way as quickly as he could.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
