Procrastination
[prə(ʊ),kræstɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n] or [pro,kræstə'neʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time.
Editor: Orville--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness.
Edited by Josie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Dilatoriness, putting off, delay, tardiness, slowness.
Edited by Donnie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Dilatoriness, delay
ANT:Timeliness, punctuality, promptitude, alacrity
Checker: Vernon
Examples
- In trickery, evasion, procrastination, spoliation, botheration, under false pretences of all sorts, there are influences that can never come to good. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Their motto was in these words, namely, Procrastination is the thief of time. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Procrastination is not agreeable, observed Amy, taking a last look at the diamonds. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Carelessness and procrastination are responsible for a large proportion of teeth that are lost. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Procrastination is the thief of time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Under such circumstances, there is, in the second place, a premium put on shilly-shallying and procrastination. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Ronald