dilatory
/ˈdɪlətəri/adjective
उच्चारण डिलटरी
विलंब करने वाला, टालमटोल करने वाला, सुस्त
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slow to act; causing delay, often deliberately
विलंब करने वाला, टालमटोल करने वाला, सुस्त
- The dilatory clerk took a month to issue the certificate.
- The defence used dilatory tactics to postpone the trial.
- The minister was criticised for being dilatory in responding to the flood.
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- A dilatory approach to homework will lower your marks.
- The dilatory officials caused several months of delay.
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dil·a·tory
With -atory (not 'dilitory' or 'dilatary').
अंत में -atory ('dilitory' या 'dilatary' गलत है)।
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dilatory or dilate?
Dilatory means slow or delaying, from the Latin for 'put off' (the same root as delay). Dilate means to become or make wider: 'The pupils dilate in the dark.' The words look alike but dilatory has nothing to do with widening; a dilatory doctor is slow, a dilated pupil is wide.
Dilatory का अर्थ 'धीमा या देरी करने वाला' है, Latin में 'टालना' से (delay के मूल से)। Dilate का अर्थ 'चौड़ा होना या करना' है: 'The pupils dilate in the dark'। शब्द दिखने में मिलते हैं पर dilatory का चौड़ा होने से कोई संबंध नहीं; dilatory डॉक्टर धीमा है, dilated पुतली चौड़ी।
The dilatory/dilate pair is a trap.
Dilatory और dilate की जोड़ी trap है।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Dilatory tactics (delaying a case on purpose).
कानूनी वाक्यांश 'dilatory tactics' (जानबूझकर मुकदमा लटकाना)।
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A person who delays or wastes time is dilatory; the habit of putting things off is procrastination.
'देरी या समय बरबाद करने वाला' dilatory है; चीज़ें टालने की आदत procrastination।