PROCRASTINATE(verb): to delay doing something that should be done, To put off doing something,
especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness. To postpone or delay needlessly.
Examples:
- Marc warned his students not to procrastinate on the assignment because it could not be done in one day.
- Lisa procrastinated all afternoon until it was too late to start painting the walls that day.
- Lisa didn’t finish the project because of procrastination; she simply waited too long to get started.
Synonyms: delay, postpone, stall, dawdle, put off, prolong
Antonyms: hurry, rush, speed
UNWITTING(adjective): 1. not aware; 2. not intentional, Not knowing;
unaware: an unwitting subject in an experiment. Not intended;
unintentional: an unwitting admission of guilt.
Examples:
- There’s no need to apologize; I realize it was an unwitting mistake and I don’t blame you at all.
- Lisa unwittingly helped her boss shred some files, which she had no idea contained sensitive
information pertinent to the case against their firm.
- The two women claimed they were the unwitting victims of a drugs dealer who planted a large
quantity of heroin in their luggage.
Synonyms: unaware, inadvertent, unknowing, unintentional, unplanned
Antonyms: knowing, aware