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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
According to accounts by Wright’s apprentices, after procrastinating on drawing any plans for nine months, Wright designed the house in two hours in September 1935 while the Kaufmanns were driving to his office to review them. — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026 Tuesday California voters are procrastinating. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026 Are Texans procrastinating on taxes? — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026 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 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 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
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
  • Sacramento Regional Transit will adjust six bus routes beginning Sunday, including delaying departure times and eliminating one early-morning trip from Florin.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The discovery prevented the plane from being moved on schedule, delaying a flight and forcing JetBlue to use a different aircraft instead, according to the affidavit, an interruption estimated to cost the airline over $2,400.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 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 feat, says study coauthor and NSO senior scientist Friedrich Wöger, is equivalent to seeing ants crawling on Earth’s surface from an altitude of 100 miles (about 160 km).
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026
  • If your garden has been beset by destructive crawling insects like ants, beetles, and slugs, pesticides often seem like the clear solution.
    — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 1 Aug. 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
  • That wider perspective matters, because sovereignty isn't achieved simply by dragging every service into the spare room.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The video opens with Itami dragging a half-conscious Burke by his legs and delivering him to a young couple on a crime spree.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of dragging

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