protracting

Definitions

Extending the duration of something; prolonging.

Delaying or postponing an event or process.

Examples

The lawyers were accused of protracting the trial unnecessarily to increase their billable hours.

By protracting the negotiations, the union hoped to pressure the company into offering better benefits.

Synonyms

extending prolonging lengthening stretching dragging out delaying continuing

Antonyms

shortening abbreviating curtailing abridging truncating condensing hastening