procrastination

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He pointed out that nobody could hope to profit by the state of disorder and paralysis for which this procrastination was answerable, the economic effects making themselves felt sooner or later in every country.

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  1. The act or habit of procrastinating; a putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness. Procrastination in temporals is always dangerous, but in spirituals it is often damnable. South, Sermons, XI. x. Procrastination is the thief of time. Young, Night Thoughts, i. 393.

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  • Those of us who put off getting one of those newfangled digital boxes can breathe a sigh of relief as our procrastination is given a few months 'stay of execution. —  Paste Magazine
  • The result of their procrastination was the worst war in the history of the world up until that time. —  Midwest Conservative Journal
  • For some procrastinators they will rely far more on other substances to help them avoid the effects that their procrastination is having on their lives. —  Purpleocity.net
  • And though procrastination could be the problem, it's not really that, either. —  Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories
  • But for those of you who want to beat procrastination, here are 10 simple steps: —  doggdot.us
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  1. from Old French procrastination = Portuguese procrastinação = Italian procrastinazione, from Latin procrastinatio(n-), a putting off till the morrow, from procrastinatus, past participle of procrastinare, put off till the morrow: see procrastinate.
 

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