procrastinate

Meaning

To delay taking action; to wait until later.
To put off; to delay (something).

drag one’s heels

drag one’s feet

shillyshally

yield

go backward

repeatedly put off

desidious

be different

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹəʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/

Either back-formation from procrastination, or from Latin prōcrastinātum, past participle of prōcrastinō (“defer, put off till tomorrow”), from prō (“in favor of”) + crāstinus (“of or belonging to tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”)

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