Foot-dragging

Quick meaning: Foot-dragging is a noun meaning (also attributive) The deliberate delaying of, or reluctance to take, obligatory action.

Meaning

(also attributive) The deliberate delaying of, or reluctance to take, obligatory action.

Example Sentences

Once in the classroom, students also employed foot-dragging strategies to slow the transition from the hall state to the student state.

Given that (English) politicians are noted for foot-dragging on electrification schemes, will they use these new locomotives simply as an excuse to defer more electrification schemes?

A Beijing diplomat complained China is "fed up with the footdragging" of Burma's strongman, General Than Shwe, and his inner circle, one of the cables, released by WikiLeaks, reported.

The tactics of pace-setting, foot-dragging, least resistance or fence-sitting could be used either in the making of policy or, later, in its implementation, reflecting types of adaptation[…].

Word Forms

• foot-draggings

Synonyms for foot-dragging

Depending on context, synonyms include slowball, slow-walking.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include procrastination, willingness, assling, timewasting, temporizing, disobligation.

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