dilatory

dilatory
    adj 1: wasting time [syn: {dilatory}, {laggard}, {poky},
           {pokey}]
    

Dilatory \Dil"a*to*ry\, a. [L. dilatorius, fr. dilator a
   delayer, fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differe to defer,
   delay: cf. F. dilatoire. See {Dilate}, {Differ}, {Defer}.]
   1. Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at
      once; given the procrastination; delaying;
      procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.
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   2. Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish;
      -- said of actions or measures.
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            Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear
            upon his adversary.                   --Motley.
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   {Dilatory plea} (Law), a plea designed to create delay in the
      trial of a cause, generally founded upon some matter not
      connected with the merits of the case.

   Syn: Slow; delaying; sluggish; inactive; loitering;
        behindhand; backward; procrastinating. See {Slow}.
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DILATORY. That which is intended for delay. It is a maxim, that delays in  
law are odious, dilationes in lege sunt odiosae. Plowd. 75. 
    

65 Moby Thesaurus words for "dilatory":
      Micawberish, apathetic, backward, balking, balky, bone-lazy,
      cadging, dallying, dawdling, delaying, deliberate, dillydallying,
      do-nothing, doless, dragging, dronish, drony, easy, easygoing,
      ergophobic, faineant, foot-dragging, good-for-nothing, grudging,
      indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, lax, lazy,
      leisurely, lingering, loath, loitering, lollygagging, neglectful,
      negligent, nonaggressive, parasitic, perfunctory, procrastinating,
      procrastinative, procrastinatory, reluctant, remiss, renitent,
      restive, scrounging, shiftless, shilly-shallying, shuffling, slack,
      slothful, slow, slow to, sluggish, sponging, tarrying,
      unenterprising, unenthusiastic, unhasty, unhurried, unzealous,
      work-shy