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Procrastination

//pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally. uncountable, usually

    "Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals until all are fled."

  2. 2
    the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time wordnet
  3. 3
    slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French procrastination, from Latin prōcrāstinātiō, from prōcrāstinō (“procrastinate”), from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).

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