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noun mass nounReluctance or deliberate delay concerning a decision or action. bureaucratic foot-dragging has continued to delay the project Example sentencesExamples - He had a reputation among Washington insiders for being prickly, abrasive, brash, impatient, and intolerant of bureaucratic foot-dragging.
- After years of foot-dragging and political interference, Japan is finally moving to clear its books of bad loans, while China has barely begun.
- There are many livestock owners here, and all are not happy with authorities' foot-dragging in addressing our concerns.
- Whatever kind of original shenanigans went on, she's been foot-dragging and changing her story about what she did.
- Bureaucratic foot-dragging is a big reason behind the lack of low-cost housing, many activists say, and the St-Malo saga is just another example.
- The opposition's doubts were aggravated by NDP foot-dragging on the dialogue throughout 2004.
- The German war alliance, which Tokyo's foot-dragging and ultimate withdrawal had long delayed, swiftly followed.
- In a service business like air travel, surly ticket agents or foot-dragging mechanics who delay a flight can send customers fleeing.
- If there's any silver lining to this particulate-laden cloud, it's that citizens are now wise to bureaucratic foot-dragging.
- We must not trifle with the people's trust by foot-dragging.
- Enough foot-dragging and quibbles about ‘historic orthodoxy’.
- Now, amidst all the stonewalling and foot-dragging and character assassination I guess this matter won't get top-billing.
- But the administration is not alone in its foot-dragging.
- Such foot-dragging has delayed its opening, previously scheduled for this week, to the end of the month.
- Given that it is the only G8 country running a budget surplus, Canada's foot-dragging is particularly blameworthy.
- Bureaucratic foot-dragging delayed the formal opening of an investigation for months.
- No doubt Kleinfeld will face foot-dragging from people reluctant to change.
- He agreed that last year the RPA had concerns about foot-dragging by CIE companies, ‘but I don't have those concerns now’.
- Steve is mistaken to think that Schroeder's foot-dragging can't be explained by domestic purposes alone.
- Even the meager construction projects fell through because of the the government foot-dragging and incompetence.
Synonyms disinclination, reluctance, slowness, lack of enthusiasm
Derivatives noun And many countries, including France and Canada, are emerging as foot-draggers in joining the ‘crusade’. Example sentencesExamples - The United Nations has proceeded at a glacial pace, thanks to China and its fellow foot-draggers.
- This makes it easy for employers to identify potential foot-draggers and keep those profit margins high.
nounˈfo͝otˌdraɡiNG Reluctance or deliberate delay concerning a decision or action. bureaucratic foot-dragging has continued to delay the project Example sentencesExamples - We must not trifle with the people's trust by foot-dragging.
- Now, amidst all the stonewalling and foot-dragging and character assassination I guess this matter won't get top-billing.
- Such foot-dragging has delayed its opening, previously scheduled for this week, to the end of the month.
- If there's any silver lining to this particulate-laden cloud, it's that citizens are now wise to bureaucratic foot-dragging.
- He had a reputation among Washington insiders for being prickly, abrasive, brash, impatient, and intolerant of bureaucratic foot-dragging.
- Given that it is the only G8 country running a budget surplus, Canada's foot-dragging is particularly blameworthy.
- The German war alliance, which Tokyo's foot-dragging and ultimate withdrawal had long delayed, swiftly followed.
- Bureaucratic foot-dragging is a big reason behind the lack of low-cost housing, many activists say, and the St-Malo saga is just another example.
- Enough foot-dragging and quibbles about ‘historic orthodoxy’.
- Whatever kind of original shenanigans went on, she's been foot-dragging and changing her story about what she did.
- There are many livestock owners here, and all are not happy with authorities' foot-dragging in addressing our concerns.
- The opposition's doubts were aggravated by NDP foot-dragging on the dialogue throughout 2004.
- After years of foot-dragging and political interference, Japan is finally moving to clear its books of bad loans, while China has barely begun.
- Even the meager construction projects fell through because of the the government foot-dragging and incompetence.
- In a service business like air travel, surly ticket agents or foot-dragging mechanics who delay a flight can send customers fleeing.
- But the administration is not alone in its foot-dragging.
- He agreed that last year the RPA had concerns about foot-dragging by CIE companies, ‘but I don't have those concerns now’.
- Steve is mistaken to think that Schroeder's foot-dragging can't be explained by domestic purposes alone.
- No doubt Kleinfeld will face foot-dragging from people reluctant to change.
- Bureaucratic foot-dragging delayed the formal opening of an investigation for months.
Synonyms disinclination, reluctance, slowness, lack of enthusiasm
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