dilatoriness
Example Sentences
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In his letter to Lyell, he rued his own dilatoriness.
From Scientific American • Dec. 12, 2011
Popular Premier Venizelos knew what most Greeks in the Middle East urgently wanted: an end to the old Tsouderos cabinet's dilatoriness, a broadened government capable of administering liberated Greece until elections could be held.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Chungking reported last week that Soviet dilatoriness had "much affected" the feasibility of the landing.
From Time Magazine Archive
The republic, impatient of his dilatoriness, raised his emoluments and promised him immense fiefs including the lordship of Milan, so as to increase his ardour, but in vain.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
A clear-headed, industrious, decided man, he had to contend for more than two years with the two qualities most alien to his nature,—habitual dilatoriness and diplomatic reticence.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 by Various
