temporizing
present participle oftemporize
temporize
verb[I]
formal(UKusuallytemporise)uk/ˈtem.pər.aɪz/us/ˈtem.pə.raɪz/todelaymaking adecisionorstatingyouropinioninorderto get anadvantage
Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- busywork
- buy timeidiom
- carrysomethingover
- dally
- gridlock
- inefficiency
- inefficiently
- kick
- kicksomethinginto the long grassidiom
- kick the can down the roadidiom
- push
- retard
- retardation
- setsomeoneback(something)
- shelve
- sit
- sit onsomething
- spin
- stall
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At least one modern commentator has characterized the decisiontemporizingand cautious.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, while needle cricothyrotomy may be life-saving in extreme circumstances, this technique is only intended to be atemporizingmeasure until a definitive airway can be established.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Othertemporizingmeasures may include nebulized salbutamol, intravenous insulin (usually given in combination with glucose, and sodium bicarbonate) which all temporarily drive potassium into the interior of cells.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is, however, only atemporizingmeasure.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During the mid-1960s, relations between white liberals and the civil rights movement became increasingly strained; civil rights leaders accused liberal politicians oftemporizingand procrastinating.
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