What is another word for de-laying?

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Procrastinating, dilatory, tardy, deliberate, lax, neglectful, lingering, Dallying, Tarrying, slow, lazy, unhurried, Moratory, unhasty, leisurely, sluggish, negligent, behindhand, backward, laggard, putting off, Snail-like, time-wasting, slack, remiss, late, diffident, averse, unsure, lacking confidence, tentative, faltering, timid, skeptical, afraid, reluctant, halting, shy, Half-hearted, doubtful, wavering, vacillating, disinclined, dawdling, unpredictable, loath, unwilling, uneager, indecisive, hanging back, hesitating, irresolute, doubting, measured, inactive, imperceptible, passive, snaillike, lethargic, ponderous, listless, lagging, apathetic, idle, stagnant, supine, dreamy, creeping, leaden, drowsy, Postponing, gradual, sleepy, tortoiselike, easy, heavy, crawling, phlegmatic, torpid, inert, plodding, slothful, slow-moving, indolent, quiet, lackadaisical, moderate, slow-paced, slow-going, slow-footed, Vacillatory, pendulous, vacillant, idling, procrastination, Frittering, 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category, caterpillar track, caterpillar tread, cause, cautious, cave in, celebrate, centrist, cernuous, cesspit, cesspool, chaff, chaffer, chair, chalk, chamfer, change, change over, changeling, chaparral, charge, chase after, chassis, chasten, chat, chat up, chatter, check into, check mark, check off, check out, check over, check up on, check-out procedure, checker, checkout, cheeseparing, chemical group, chemise, cheque, chequer, chew, chew over, chicken feed, chicken out, chill, chill out, chink, chip, chip off, chisel in, chit, chitchat, choke back, choke coil, choke down, choke up, choking coil, chop off, chorus, chuck out, chuck up the sponge, chunky, cipher, circumscribe, city block, clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, clasp, claver, clayey, clear, clear up, cleave, clench, click, cliff, climax, clingstone, clink, clip, clog dance, clog dancing, clog up, cloggy, close down, close up, close-fitting, closelipped, closely, closemouthed, closing, closing curtain, 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incumbrance, indiana, indifferent, indisposed, indium, mo

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