0 the act of delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring:
Is not this a shameful record of procrastination and muddle?
What is behind all this procrastination, this evasion, this double-crossing, double-dealing and sheer skulduggery we have had to put up this?
We all recollect the misfortunes in a previous case of procrastination.
What it has demonstrated is weakness, lack of leadership and procrastination and then settling for the lowest common denominator.
On the contrary, it is a means of procrastination, and in the end agreement is reached at the lowest common denominator.
The real bugbear for local authorities is the possibility of endless delay and procrastination on the part of "hot" landlords.
There is procrastination and circumlocution at the official level.
The lengthy period of procrastination proposed in the amendments would serve no useful purpose and would be greeted with dismay in many quarters.
