dilatoriness
Example Sentences
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In his letter to Lyell, he rued his own dilatoriness.
From Scientific American • Dec. 12, 2011
But Chungking reported last week that Soviet dilatoriness had "much affected" the feasibility of the landing.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
It would not be easy to think offhand of any river of similar length and importance whose course shows such amazing dilatoriness as that of the Seine.
From France by Home, Gordon Cochrane
This was due partly to the dilatoriness of the English commander and to the bad understanding between Englishman and Russian.
From The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
