back-burners
Puts off indefinitely
Back-burners is the verb form of putting something on the back burner—relegating it to low priority while attending to more pressing matters.
The image comes from cooking: pots on rear stovetop burners simmer unattended while the cook focuses on what's in front.
She back-burners her hobbies during tax season.
The project got back-burnered when funding dried up.
Enforced waiting period
- defermentAuthorized delay of obligation
- tablingDeferring formal discussion
- procrastinationHabitual task avoidance
- shelvingHorizontal storage surfaces
deprioritization · abeyance · suspension · stalling · hiatus · rescheduling · holdup · pausing
Burner platform for cooking
- simmerCook just under boiling
- saucepanHandled cooking vessel
- warmingIncreasing in temperature
- stockpotLarge pot for broths
simmering · slow-cook · maintain · broth · reduction · stewing · bubbling · covered
Lesser in rank
- low-priorityLacking immediate importance
- non-urgentNot requiring immediate action
- lesserLower in degree
- deprioritizedMade less urgent
sidelined · subordinate · ancillary · peripheral · marginal · deferred · neglected · overlooked
delay
Enforced waiting period
- defermentAuthorized delay of obligation
- tablingDeferring formal discussion
- procrastinationHabitual task avoidance
shelving · deprioritization · abeyance · suspension · stalling · hiatus · rescheduling · holdup · pausing · waiting
stovetop
Burner platform for cooking
stockpot · simmering · slow-cook · maintain · broth · reduction · stewing · bubbling · covered · unattended
secondary
Lesser in rank
- low-priorityLacking immediate importance
- non-urgentNot requiring immediate action
- lesserLower in degree
deprioritized · sidelined · subordinate · ancillary · peripheral · marginal · deferred · neglected · overlooked · triaged
back-burnersprioritizes
Ranks by importance
top priority · expedites · spotlight · foregrounds · rushes
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