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delaying
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Adjective
Meant to delay or put off
Causing or tending to cause deliberate difficulties and delays
Slow to move or act
Slow in acting or speaking
Noun
Lack of decision or purpose
Disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process
An action that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly
Verb
Present participle for to make (someone or something) late or slow
Present participle for to put off until a later time
Present participle for to move or act at a slow speed
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Adjective
▲
Meant to delay or put off
procrastinating
dilatory
dallying
halting
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
hindering
obstructive
tarrying
cunctative
moratory
retardant
Fabian
stalling
deferring
postponing
time-wasting
dilly-dallying
shelving
tabling
attritional
loitering
lingering
dawdling
putting off
“His lawyer is employing the use of
delaying
tactics to postpone the inevitable.”
Adjective
▲
Causing or tending to cause deliberate difficulties and delays
obstructive
unaccommodating
disobliging
contrary
awkward
unhelpful
difficult
uncooperative
stalling
perverse
thrawn
bolshie
hindering
obstreperous
inhibiting
balky
contrarious
disruptive
froward
blocking
restrictive
unconstructive
bloody-minded
filibustering
delay
obstructionist
timewasting
spoiling
unsupportive
unwilling
unresponsive
noncooperative
noncooperating
not cooperative
not helpful
unreasonable
obstinate
inflexible
unyielding
stubborn
unamenable
troublesome
unbending
recalcitrant
cussed
truculent
stroppy
tiresome
inconsiderate
willful
unadaptable
wilful
disobedient
immovable
sticky
unreciprocating
unreciprocate
nonreciprocal
stiff-necked
rock-ribbed
Adjective
▲
Slow to move or act
dilatory
slow
sluggish
unhurried
tardy
laggard
crawling
dawdling
creeping
leisurely
lagging
languid
snaillike
dallying
dillydallying
dragging
pokey
poking
poky
slothful
lazy
slack
lax
loitering
indolent
idle
procrastinating
lingering
unhasty
sluggardly
behindhand
lollygagging
unpunctual
tarrying
flagging
late
snail-paced
snail-like
slow-going
tortoise-like
slow-paced
ponderous
plodding
leaden
measured
phlegmatic
listless
lethargic
lackadaisical
deliberate
easy
torpid
moderate
tortoiselike
drowsy
dreamy
postponing
passive
supine
apathetic
inert
slow-moving
sleepy
stagnant
heavy
inactive
gradual
slow-footed
gentle
relaxed
steady
sedate
labored
US
comfortable
laboured
UK
undemanding
unrushed
leaden-footed
laggy
imperceptible
remiss
delayed
overdue
belated
behind
delinquent
behind schedule
behind time
not on time
running late
casual
latish
moving slowly
fainéant
easy-going
regardless
long-delayed
held up
too late
draggy
on hands and knees
shuffling
inching
foot-dragging
slow as molasses
painstaking
patient
barely moving
slow and steady
in arrears
behind target
languorous
restful
free
relaxing
effortless
slackened
deferred
daydreaming
later
backward
jammed
postponed
laid-back
uninterested
indifferent
put off
hung up
last-minute
eleventh-hour
long-overdue
neglectful
negligent
careless
inattentive
derelict
slapdash
inefficient
slipshod
procrastinative
incompetent
disregardful
neglecting
slap-happy
disorganized
US
sloppy
offhand
disorderly
otiose
pococurante
asleep at the wheel
quiescent
asleep on the job
do-nothing
disorganised
UK
unprofessional
slovenly
permissive
faineant
dormant
workshy
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Slow in acting or speaking
hesitant
slow
stalling
dawdling
halting
dilly-dallying
doubtful
faltering
hesitating
wavering
unsure
timid
diffident
vacillating
irresolute
backward
tentative
reluctant
shy
indecisive
disinclined
averse
lazy
unwilling
doubting
uneager
loath
unpredictable
skeptical
US
afraid
pendulous
vacillant
vacillatory
sceptical
UK
half-hearted
lacking confidence
shilly-shally
hanging back
undecided
uncertain
undetermined
unsettled
sitting on the fence
more ❯
Noun
▲
Lack of decision or purpose
irresolution
hesitancy
indecision
wavering
hesitation
vacillation
uncertainty
doubt
indecisiveness
faltering
equivocation
irresoluteness
hesitance
pause
dubiety
unsureness
fluctuation
tentativeness
doubtfulness
delay
oscillation
misgiving
qualm
wabbling
wobbling
scepticism
UK
skepticism
US
incertitude
mistrust
dithering
demurral
reluctance
dawdling
scruple
timidity
indisposition
procrastination
ambivalence
unwillingness
stumbling
fumbling
stalling
stammering
stuttering
averseness
weakness
temporization
havering
swithering
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
timidness
waiting
teetering
cunctation
shillyshallying
shilly-shally
shilly-shallying
fence-sitting
to-and-fro
dilly-dallying
humming and hawing
second thoughts
hanging back
hemming and hawing
blowing hot and cold
lack of resolution
half-heartedness
sitting on the fence
loitering
lingering
tarrying
lagging behind
dragging your feet
pausing
postponement
deferment
kicking the can down the road
delaying tactics
adjournment
inconclusiveness
indefiniteness
indeterminacy
woolliness
vagueness
unclearness
changeability
reservation
disinclination
resistance
dallying
demur
slowness
slackness
dilatoriness
lack of enthusiasm
respite
breather
recess
rest
reprieve
putting off
idling
loafing
procrastinating
frittering
trifling
dalliance
confusion
diffidence
suspicion
distrustfulness
dubitation
mistrustfulness
distrust
ambiguity
reservations
wariness
dubiousness
apprehension
insecurity
unease
chariness
uneasiness
lack of certainty
lack of confidence
questioning
lack of conviction
disbelief
cynicism
nervousness
incredulity
misgivings
bewilderment
misbelief
unbelief
quandary
queries
questions
reserve
inconstancy
umbrage
conjecture
limbo
perplexity
qualms
misdoubt
query
difficulty
inhibition
disquietude
leeriness
suspicions
fear
disquiet
faithlessness
question mark
lack of trust
lack of faith
trust issues
infirmity
condition
swither
trepidation
reconsideration
feeble-mindedness
silence
awkward moment
contradiction
conflict
muddle
opposition
dilemma
clash
haze
iffiness
haziness
gingerliness
incongruity
equivocacy
inconsistency
wonder
puzzle
confusion dilemma
questionableness
more ❯
Noun
▲
Disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process
disruption
disturbance
upset
disarray
confusion
disorganisation
UK
disorganization
US
disorder
derangement
interruption
break
division
interference
dislocation
disarrangement
disarranging
disordering
disorderliness
turmoil
confusing
stoppage
unsettling
upsetting
discontinuation
hampering
impeding
obstruction
ruining
spoiling
suspension
wrecking
agitation
delay
retardation
undermining
commotion
distraction
separation
severance
splitting
trouble
destabilisation
UK
destabilization
US
holding up
weakening
displacement
disengagement
luxation
disconnection
discontinuity
misplacement
unhinging
disarticulation
subversion
relocation
movement
move
shift
breaking
intrusion
reordering
reshuffle
violation
rearrangement
compromise
putting out of joint
erosion
limitation
curb
check
infringement
more ❯
Noun
▲
An action that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly
filibuster
obstruction
procrastination
stonewalling
blocking
delay
hindrance
hold-up
postponement
delaying tactics
interference
opposition
kicking the can down the road
wait
stoppage
holdup
interval
suspension
stop
lag
stall
detention
downtime
stay
detainment
retardment
check
logjam
surcease
jam
retardation
prorogation
holding
showstopper
tie-up
holding pattern
cooling-off period
pause
break
halt
interlude
intermission
interruption
gap
lull
holdback
hold
snag
blockage
block
retard
trammel
period of waiting
waiting period
time wasted
time lag
letup
impediment
setback
hangup
bind
problem
obstacle
impedance
cunctation
demurral
moratorium
discontinuation
loitering
lingering
reprieve
adjournment
dawdling
remission
tarrying
putting off
hiatus
respite
recess
breather
rest
latency
abeyance
lacuna
entr'acte
breathing space
cessation
dormancy
layoff
lapse
interregnum
interim
spell
gridlock
abeyancy
freeze
stopover
standstill
pausation
discontinuity
deferment
interstice
suspense
deferral
time out
quiescence
doldrums
breath
discontinuance
hitch
deadlock
end
deep freeze
five
cold storage
suspended animation
stand
layover
breathing spell
caesura
hiccup
hiccough
lead time
let-up
time-out
shelving
rescheduling
ado
bottleneck
tabling
armistice
difficulty
quiescency
glitch
ten
limbo
slowness
parenthesis
snafu
trouble
half-time
intervening period
intervening time
passage
traffic jam
smoko
course
period
waiting path
term
passing
span
pause in the action
space
grace period
time gap
time warp
finish
stalemate
demurrage
time delay
sojourn
visit
ending
impasse
standoff
stop-off
checkmate
break in your journey
closing
hole
halting
arrest
ceasing
inaction
full stop
dead end
desisting
remaining
stopping
hesitation
terminating
deterring
dead stop
Mexican standoff
communication breakdown
cutoff
comma
beat
hush
stillness
coffee break
break-off
lapse of time
break off
happy hour
rest period
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make (someone or something) late or slow
retarding
impeding
hampering
hindering
obstructing
postponing
restraining
stalling
arresting
derailing
detaining
foiling
restricting
retardating
stymieing
thwarting
trammelling
trammeling
blocking
cramping
crippling
curbing
deferring
halting
hobbling
interrupting
pausing
preventing
protracting
repressing
withholding
crimping
cumbering
deterring
fettering
hamstringing
inhibiting
proroguing
remitting
shackling
shelving
slowing
stopping
barring
braking
checking
choking
clogging
confining
encumbering
frustrating
handcuffing
holding
intermitting
prolonging
holding back
holding up
putting off
setting back
slowing down
slowing up
bogging down
interfering with
keeping back
shutting down
shutting off
staving off
taking down
backing off
closing off
holding off on
putting back
choking off
holding over
making late
putting a brake on
getting in the way of
standing in the way of
bringing to screeching halt
hog-tying
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
“Unfortunately, stormy conditions would
delay
our flight.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to put off until a later time
deferring
postponing
shelving
suspending
rescheduling
stalling
adjourning
prolonging
staying
protracting
tabling
continuing
extending
mothballing
pigeonholing
remitting
respiting
retarding
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
putting off
holding off
holding over
setting aside
holding off on
holding up
putting back
putting on hold
putting on ice
putting on the back burner
putting over
giving rain check
holding in abeyance
taking a raincheck
taking a rain check on
laying on the table
putting on back burner
giving a rain check
keeping in abeyance
putting in cold storage
“There was still work to be completed, and he would have to
delay
his return home by a few days.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to move or act at a slow speed
lingering
loitering
dallying
dawdling
hesitating
lagging
stalling
tarrying
dithering
idling
vacillating
waiting
whiling away time
dillydallying
procrastinating
stonewalling
straggling
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
diddling
dragging
pausing
plodding
staggering
crawling
creeping
filibustering
lollygagging
moping
poking
tottering
lallygagging
dilly-dallying
buying time
holding back
killing time
marking time
shilly-shallying
staying put
taking your time
waiting around
wasting time
dragging your feet
falling behind
hanging about
hanging around
hanging fire
hanging on
humming and hawing
lagging behind
taking one's time
playing for time
pottering about
pottering around
pottering round
horsing around
putting off doing something
goofing off
playing a waiting game
using delaying tactics
“Time is of the essence, and we can
delay
no longer.”
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