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Meanings of procrastination in English

Russian
прокрастинация
Portuguese
procrastinação
Spanish
procrastinación
Catalan
procrastinació
Wikidata

Habitual or intentional delay of starting or finishing a task despite knowing potential negative consequences.

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прокрастинация
Portuguese
procrastinação

The act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time.

procrastinação
Synonyms
Examples for "procrastinate"
Examples for "procrastinate"
1
And if you procrastinate long enough, maybe the issue will go away.
Four to score
2
Suffering because they procrastinate, avoid, and fail to finish what they start.
No More Mr. Nice Guy!
3
Nonetheless, avoid the impulse to procrastinate, distract yourself, or worse deliberate more.
Ebony
4
Abandoned I have left my father's house, abandoned I procrastinate my doom.
The Works of Horace
5
Kesseley had finished his morning rounds and couldn't procrastinate any longer.
Rakes and radishes
Portuguese
morosidade
Spanish
morosidad

Slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it.

morosidade
Usage of procrastination in English
1
But this procrastination of actual hostilities was terminated in the following manner:-
Rattlin the Reefer
2
For a while, I thought the root of the problem was procrastination.
The Irish Times
3
Will this get us closer to our aim despite the Israeli procrastination?
Reuters
4
In our business, there's no time for doubts, no time for procrastination.
Occupied city
5
When do you stop reading articles on procrastination and actually stop procrastinating?
The Irish Times
6
As pressure mounted on the Maoists, its potential partners warned against procrastination.
Reuters
7
The timidity and procrastination of the court could be overcome no further.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
8
For nothing prolongs reckless sin like the procrastination of punishment and vengeance.
The Danish History, Books I-IX
9
The mair reason he suld tell his secret, to us without procrastination.
The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 1
10
But delay and procrastination have ever marked our methods through this war.
French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
11
If that sounds too extreme, there are add-ons that humorously embrace procrastination.
The Guardian
12
Subduing procrastination, one should, by these means, subdue these impediments of Yoga.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
13
Remember procrastination is a thief of time, stick to your study plan.
The South African
14
Had not that contrivance its effect at that time, for a procrastination?
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5
15
But-er-congratulations of friends-and-er-courtesy due to them-er-interfered with-thoughperhaps only heightened-by procrastination-pleasureof-ha!
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
16
I work from home, so the temptations for procrastination are endless.
Wired
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