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
He likened her to the fleet-footed powers of evil which outdistanced the chameleon, the tardy messenger of the gods, who failed through its dilatoriness to deliver the World from the ills which afflict mankind.
From The Shadow of the Past by Young, F.E. Mills
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
