procrastination

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.

   Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals until all are fled.

2. 2
   noun

   the act of procrastinating

3. 3
   noun

   slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it

Etymology

From Middle French procrastination, from Latin prōcrāstinātiō, from prōcrāstinō (“procrastinate”), from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).