dilatory
[adjective]
Synonyms: time-wasting, delaying, lingering, procrastinating, slow, sluggish, tardy, tarrying

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Antonyms: diligent
Contrasted words: assiduous, busy, industrious, sedulous, prompt, quick, ready, hasty, impetuous, precipitate
Related Words: lax, neglectful, negligent, remiss, slack

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dil‧a‧to‧ry /ˈdɪlətəri $ -tɔːri/ adjective formal
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Late Latin; Origin: dilatorius, from Latin dilatus, past participle of differre 'to delay'; ⇒ differ]
slow in doing something

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