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pro·cras·ti·nate
\prōˈkrastəˌnāt, prəˈk-, -raas-, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin procrastinatus, past participle of procrastinare, from pro- forward + -crastinare (from crastinus of tomorrow, from cras tomorrow) — more at pro-
transitive verb
: to put off intentionally and usually habitually and for a reason held to be reprehensible (as laziness, indifference to responsibility) : postpone, defer
< procrastinated his return on various pretexts — W.H.Prescott >
< a procrastinated attack >
intransitive verb
: to put off intentionally and usually habitually and reprehensibly the doing of something that should be done : delay attending to something until some later time : be slow or late in doing or attending to things
< one yawns, one procrastinates, one can do it when one will, and therefore one seldom does it at all — Earl of Chesterfield >
Synonyms: see delay |