dilatory in English

adjective
1
slow to act.
he had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "dilatory" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "dilatory", or refer to the context using the word "dilatory" in the English Dictionary.

1. The boss sacked a dilatory worker.

2. Cautious or dilatory, as in taking action.

3. The boss sacked a dilatory worker yesterday.

4. The dilatory limousine came rolling up the drive.

5. His credIt'suffered because he was dilatory in paying his bills.

6. The Government has been dilatory in condemning the outrage.

7. Dilatory ways of doing things I do to reduce my efficiency.

8. I found it was not efficient suddenly[Sentencedict.com], very dilatory.

9. British institutions have been dilatory in cutting credit card charges.

10. You are more dilatory than I ( am ) in answering letters.

11. Mr Berlusconi's government has been shockingly dilatory in its response.

12. The dilatory diplomacy towards Iran must be brought to a focus.

13. Their unreasonable demands had a dilatory effect on the peace process.

14. We were alone, with a dilatory guard outside chatting with a secretary.

15. The government has been dilatory in dealing with the problem of unemployment.

16. 22 synonyms for Behindhand: behind schedule, late, slow, delayed, running late, tardy, dilatory

17. You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory.

18. We call on the de facto Government to abandon dilatory tactics and negotiate in good faith.

19. Synonyms for Behindhand include late, tardy, behind, delayed, dilatory, slow, belated, remiss, behind schedule and behind time

20. Bronchioles are defined by their lack of hyaline cartilage, instead relying on the tension from surrounding lung tissue for dilatory support.

21. Then, during late March and April, they made rather half-hearted and dilatory attempts to get agreement on this basis.

22. 2008), the District Court noted that FRCP 12(f) motions [motion to strike] are viewed Askanced and disfavored because of their dilatory character

23. L-NAME, a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor (200 μM, 30 min), significantly reduces the arterial dilatory effect of ATP and abolishes the responses to ADP and AMP.

24. In propranolol-pretreated dogs myocardial blood flow and coronary oxygen AV difference remained unaffected, suggesting that the coronary dilatory effect of metabolic acidemia involves beta adrenergic stimulation.

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