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procrastination
noun as in dalliance
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noun as in delay
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Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in filibuster
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in hesitancy
noun as in hesitation
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Strong matches
noun as in indecisiveness
Strong matches
noun as in indolence
Strong matches
noun as in irresoluteness
Strong matches
noun as in irresolution
Strong matches
noun as in postponement
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in retardation
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noun as in tentativeness
Weak matches
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- faltering
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- timidity
- timidness
- to and fro
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
noun as in timidness
Strong matches
noun as in to and fro
Weak matches
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- faltering
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- timidity
- timidness
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
Example Sentences
One is the practicality of the measure, which in theory is being dealt with by the EU but is succumbing to endless procrastination.
For some, procrastination until the precipice of death inevitably led to a rather stressful process of deathbed absolution.
Herbie Hancock is an all-time jazz great, so it is reassuring to hear that he suffers from the same modern day procrastination problems as the rest of us mere mortals.
She jokes that procrastination is often her biggest enemy.
“We thought it was procrastination to punt it over to a charter commission,” said Plata, whose group argued last year in favor of growing the council to 29 members.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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