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Procrastinating

Procrastinate \Pro*cras"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procrastinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Procrastinating.] [L. procrastinatus, p. p. of procrastinare to procrastinate; pro forward + crastinus of to-morrow, fr. cras to-morrow.] To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.
--Dr. H. More.

Hopeless and helpless [AE]geon wend, But to procrastinate his lifeless end.
--Shak.

Syn: To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong.

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procrastinating

vb. (present participle of procrastinate English)

Usage examples of "procrastinating".

If you are afraid that you are going to make a mistake in one of your creative efforts and therefore keep procrastinating, remind yourself that the Amish deliberately put a mistake in every quilt to honor the fact that no human is perfect.

Other clients have accomplished the same thing by procrastinating, forgetting key appointments, or losing their Focal Point notebooks.

Others refuse to give up procrastinating and refuse to strive for success for fear of becoming a workaholic.

If interpersonal concerns underlie your procrastinating, see chapters 8, 9 and 10.

The last had passed like the others in procrastinating from hour to hour.