dilatoriness
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In Barcelona, the basilica, funded by donations and now, more amply, by tourist dollars, has become a metaphor for dilatoriness and delay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In his letter to Lyell, he rued his own dilatoriness.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 12, 2011
But Chungking reported last week that Soviet dilatoriness had "much affected" the feasibility of the landing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Popular Premier Venizelos knew what most Greeks in the Middle East urgently wanted: an end to the old Tsouderos cabinet's dilatoriness, a broadened government capable of administering liberated Greece until elections could be held.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had witnessed their dilatoriness not without concern.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford
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