dilatory

Day 36Level 3

DIHL-uh-tohr-ee

causing delay

tending to delay

Part of Speech: adjective

Synonyms:

procrastinating, slow, tardy

Antonyms:

zealous, enthusiastic, eager

Example Sentence:

The villagers claimed that the forest officials were dilatory in responding to their request due to which 4 villagers were killed by the tiger.

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