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procrastination noun [ prə(ʊ)ˌkrastɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n ]

• the action of delaying or postponing something.
• "your first tip is to avoid procrastination"
Similar: dithering, delaying tactics, dilatoriness, stalling, temporizing, hesitation, vacillation, humming and hawing, dilly-dallying, shilly-shallying, kicking the can down the road,

procrastination is the thief of time

• if you delay doing something, it will take longer to do later on.
"maybe TV and procrastination really are the thieves of time"



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