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dilatory
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
dilatory
(adjective)
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dilatory
/
ˈ
dɪləˌtori/
Brit
/
ˈ
dɪlətri/
adjective
dilatory
/
ˈ
dɪləˌtori/
Brit
/
ˈ
dɪlətri/
adjective
Learner's definition of DILATORY
formal
1
:
causing a delay
The committee's
dilatory
[=
delaying
] actions caused the loss of hundreds of jobs.
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[
more dilatory; most dilatory
]
:
tending to be late
:
slow to do something
She tends to be
dilatory
[=
slow
] about answering letters.
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— dilatoriness
noun
[
noncount
]
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