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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Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s solid performance stalled in the seventh inning.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Mostly, though, the Heat stalled as a team.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2026
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The results of an intelligence assessment delayed his combat deployment.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Before the contract was eventually approved, the Solano County Deputy Sheriff's Association, the department's union, came out against the move, which delayed a vote at the time.—
Ashley Sharp,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Margot, who works for a social-media platform called Kino and shares a New Orleans apartment with her bestie, Ryan (Aaron Holliday), has only just crawled out of a dark period and doesn’t require much to teeter back in.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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As a toddler, Gabriela crawled about the UCLA clubhouse at reunions.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
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Families of the victims grew doubtful that their killer would ever be caught as the investigation dragged on for more than a decade.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Milne had grabbed his wife by the neck, choked her, dragged her around, restrained her, punched her and knocked her unconscious.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Procrastinated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procrastinated. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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