If we prevaricate and postpone this issue, the committee can continue to hide behind its inaction.
Source: tatoeba (10076668)
Prevaricate
//pɹɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt//
Synonyms for "prevaricate" (67 found)
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Related words (33)
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1 entriesRelated terms
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13 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- извъртам verb (deviate, transgress)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 搪塞 verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
Dutch
3 entries- afwijken verb (deviate, transgress)
- rond de pot draaien verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
- terugkrabbelen verb (deviate, transgress)
Finnish
1 entries- vältellä verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
French
4 entries- prévariquer verb (deviate, transgress)
- prévariquer verb ((law) collude)
- se dérober verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
- éluder verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
Georgian
1 entries- მიკიბვ-მოკიბვა verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
German
2 entries- Ausflüchte machen verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
- ausweichen verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
Hungarian
2 entries- kertel verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
- köntörfalaz verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
Italian
2 entries- equivocare verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
- essere evasivo verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
Kazakh
1 entries- бұлтақтау verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
Mongolian
2 entries- булзах verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
- ᠪᠤᠯᠵᠠᠬᠤ verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
Māori
2 entries- tītahataha verb (deviate, transgress)
- tītahataha verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
Polish
4 entries- kręcić verb (deviate, transgress)
- lawirować verb (deviate, transgress)
- wykręcać się od odpowiedzi verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
- wykręcić się od odpowiedzi verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
Portuguese
1 entries- prevaricar verb (deviate, transgress)
Russian
1 entries- уви́ливать verb (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
She could not tell the facts, for the child could not understand them; nor could she use the formula for such cases made and provided, and say: “Nothing is the matter,” or “I have a headache,” for neither statement would be true, and Roma was too purely truthful to prevaricate.
Source: tatoeba (11965689)
The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.
Source: wiktionary
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