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单词 long-put-off
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long-put-off
That has been put off; postponed; intended to put someone off. Also with prefixed adverb, expressing frequency of postponement, as long-put-off, much-put-off, etc.In quot. a1637: †rejected, abject.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > delayed, deferred, or postponed
remiss?1518
adjourned1538
delayed1548
long-delayed1548
lag1552
prorogued1552
dilated1556
lagging1597
retardate1598
fristeda1600
lagged1602
retarded1636
deferred1651
prorogatory1672
lated1676
postponed1819
protracted1838
suspended1848
put-off1871
hung up1878
held1906
a1637 B. Jonson Timber 989 in Wks. (1640) III I am a wretch, and put of man, if I doe not reverence, and honour him.
1856 Household Words 2 Feb. 72/1 On the eve before my long put-off departure we were..roaming.
1871 Mrs. H. Wood Dene Hollow xxxix A put-off wedding sometimes brings ill-luck.
1972 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 18 Apr. 3/1 A long-put-off visit to the dentist.
1989 G. Early Tuxedo Junction ii. iv. 71 It was a sort of put-off answer to a question that one does not take seriously.
2005 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 6 Jan. z4/1 Now, it's time to tackle one of those much-putoff winter projects.
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