procrastinate

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  1. intransitive verb To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
  2. transitive verb To postpone or delay needlessly.

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  • Even though all of the students were being paid upon completion, those who thought about the questions abstractly were much more likely to procrastinate -- and in fact some never got around to the assignment at all. —  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • So, before I can find a reason to procrastinate, my name is Adam Thody and I'll heading up the TBS development "department". —  The Blog Studio Blog
  • The study shows that students who answered the more abstract questions were much more likely to procrastinate -- that is, delay their answers. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • New Year's resolutions to pay off credit card debt, increase savings, and plan for retirement, become sidetracked by tendencies to procrastinate or overspend. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • It's easy to procrastinate, but spring cleaning is an excellent way to simplify your life simply by reducing clutter.
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  1. Latin prōcrāstināre, prōcrāstināt- : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + crāstinus, of tomorrow (from crās, tomorrow).

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  1. from Latin procrastinatus, past participle of procrastinare, put off till the morrow, from pro, for, + crastinus, pertaining to the morrow, from cras, to-morrow. Cf. crastination, procrastine.
 

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