procrastinating

Definitions

The act of delaying or postponing tasks or actions that need to be completed.

Habitually putting off intended work or decisions until a later time.

Examples

I spent the entire afternoon procrastinating instead of finishing my research paper.

She realized that procrastinating on her project only made the final deadline more stressful.

Synonyms

delaying dallying postponing dawdling hesitating stalling loitering

Antonyms

advancing hastening executing proceeding dispatching acting completing