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Examples of dilatory
dilatory
In fact, the most dilatory reactions to the recovery may be in the tech sector.
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In the face of that, NOAA seems oddly dilatory in its own response to the plumes.
From the time.com
The answer may be a while in coming on Moonlighting, TV's most dilatory hit show.
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The delay by those involved and their dilatory tactics are to their discredit.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Hampered by a pedestrian cast, Alan Schneider provides a dilatory directorial hand.
From the time.com
The nuclear option is a potential response to a filibuster or other dilatory tactic.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The dilatory pace of fiscal consolidation is unlikely to assuage investors for long.
From the economist.com
It becomes harder to distinguish between conscientious job-seekers and dilatory ones.
From the economist.com
In that bureaucratic maze, Powell's khaki characters may seem less military than dilatory.
From the time.com
- Wasting time
- Dilatory tactics or motions, in parliamentary procedure, are those used to delay or obstruct business, annoy the deliberative assembly, or, in legislative procedure, to delay consideration of a subject for other reasons. ...
- Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision; Slow or tardy
- Dilatory, a synonym for "delaying," comes from the Latin past participle of the word for "defer," or "submit," as in a bureaucracy, where every question is referred to someone else, endlessly. Not, then, to be used as a synonym for "dawdling," nor even "procrastination." See: DAWDLE, PROCRASTINATOR.
- Statement, motion, or action that's designed to obstruct or delay a meeting.
- Tending to cause a delay in judicial proceedings.
- Tending to postpone or delay: Others tried to slow us down by distracting us from our marketing goals and focusing too much on superfluous discussions. Their dilatory tactics won t work on us!
- Inclined to waste time and lag behind, delaying
- Given to or causing delay
