delayedadjective [ before noun ]
uk/dɪˈleɪd/us/dɪˈleɪd/happening at a later time than expected or intended:
Officials said that the reason for the large number of delayed flights was the bad weather conditions.
The protests are a delayed reaction to last week's announcement.
He's suffering from delayed shock.
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Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- be on ice idiom
- bugger
- bugger about
- bugger sb about
- carry
- hold
- hold sb/sth back
- hold sb/sth up
- hold up
- ice
- kick
- kick the can down the road idiom
- push
- retardation
- set sth/sb back
- shelve
- sit
- sit on sth
- spin your wheels idiom
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