as in stalled
to be slow or late about doing something that should be done; to delay doing something until a later time because you do not want to do it, because you are lazy, etc.
He procrastinated and missed the submission deadline. He told her to stop procrastinating and get to work.
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Recent Examples of procrastinated
There’s certainly an authenticity to this development; who among us hasn’t procrastinated when facing an uncomfortable decision?
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Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Hunnam procrastinated out of fear, taking another job before beginning the process of discovering Gein.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Hunnam procrastinated out of fear, taking another job before beginning the process of discovering Gein.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procrastinated
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While hope remains for that project (more on that shortly), the sting felt more painful after Judith Hoag, cinema's first live-action April O'Neil, said she'd been approached about reprising her role before the movie stalled.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Feb. 2026
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Some stalled due to internal political disagreements.—
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CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The first hearing for Campillo’s new proposal was delayed from November because the Rules Committee fell short of a quorum before the proposal could be debated.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Federal agencies halted overdose-surveillance networks, delayed youth smoking data, scaled back food-safety pathogen monitoring and purged transgender health information from websites.—
Mike Stobbe,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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After two hours in their second pass, a large object crawled across the screen of Ehorn's Klein side-scan sonar.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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One live roach crawled on the floor in front of a storage rack with seasoning and cans.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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Russian soldiers twice threatened to kill him, including an instance where he and a friend were dragged off the street by soldiers.—
Yuras Karmanau,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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If your suitcase is also looking a little worse for wear after being dragged through snowy sidewalks all winter, now is a good time to invest in new luggage.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Procrastinated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procrastinated. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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