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adjective

as in stalling

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verb

present participle of procrastinate
as in delaying
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 procrastinating
Verb
Now stop procrastinating and go shovel that walkway. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2026 Nolan, an elections veteran, has sage advice for voters who may be procrastinating at filling out and returning their ballots. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025 Are Texans procrastinating on taxes? — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026 Even among clothing and footwear purveyors that remain unshaken in their promises, nearly two-thirds are procrastinating on their decarbonization schedules, a recent McKinsey study found. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 8 Oct. 2025 Two-thirds of givers admit to procrastinating family wealth-transfer conversations, according to a national RBC Wealth Management survey. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026 Tuesday California voters are procrastinating. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procrastinating
  1. stalling
  2. delaying
  3. slowing
  4. crawling
  5. decelerating
  6. dragging
Adjective
  • The tense talks continued into a second day but concluded without progress, in a diplomatic effort that seemed little more than another stalling game for Putin.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows promised swift action and vowed to brook no more stalling tactics from Democrats.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
Definition of stalling
Verb
  • While delaying benefits is typically optimal, a hypothetical 22% cut by 2033 significantly shifts optimal claiming ages for many single individuals, potentially encouraging earlier filing, but often not for married couples.
    — Steve Vernon, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Some workers were granted exemptions, and a handful of departments were delaying implementation of the governor’s mandate.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of delaying
Adjective
  • And, through it all, stocks have continued to steadily rise, buoyed by hopes for Fed rate cuts, stronger-than-expected corporate earnings and slowing but stubborn confidence that an AI boom might reap big rewards for investors.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Definition of slowing
Verb
  • The lights off method is a simple means of identifying places in the garage where bugs or rodents might be crawling in.
    — Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 7 July 2026
  • How crawling with minuscule life indifferent to the one that ended here.
    — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Definition of crawling
Adjective
  • The stock has declined nearly 28% in 2026, largely due to concerns over the social media platform’s decelerating year-over-year traffic growth and its sensitivity to macroeconomic conditions.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of decelerating
Verb
  • On Tuesday, the roller-coaster ride for AI stocks whipped back down, dragging Wall Street lower.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • With the process dragging on for months, the split of drama and comedy into separate departments, with Smith as head of the former, emerged as a likely scenario by mid-May.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 July 2026
Definition of dragging

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