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dilatory

[ dil-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
  2. intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision:

    a dilatory strategy.



dilatory

/ -trɪ; ˈdɪlətərɪ /

adjective

  1. tending or inclined to delay or waste time
  2. intended or designed to waste time or defer action
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ徱ٴǰԱ, noun
  • ˈ徱ٴǰ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 徱a·ٴr· adverb
  • 徱a·ٴr·Ա noun
  • un·徱a·ٴr· adverb
  • ܲ·徱a·ٴr adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dilatory1

1250–1300; Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin īōܲ, equivalent to ī-, suppletive stem of differre to postpone ( differ ) + -ōܲ -tory 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dilatory1

C15: from Late Latin īōܲ inclined to delay, from differre to postpone; see differ
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"Mr Trump's current situation is a result of his own dilatory actions," he wrote.

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In early February, after Harvard’s first round of submissions, Representative Foxx accused it of a “limited and dilatory” response.

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When there is a claim, however frivolous and intentionally dilatory, it must receive the same slow service as every other claim at the courthouse window.

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Representative Virginia Foxx, a Republican of North Carolina, said Harvard was providing a “limited and dilatory” response to her investigation of the school’s handling of alleged campus antisemitism.

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The dilatory arming of Ukraine allowed Russia to harden its defenses in the occupied territories.

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