footdragging
Reluctance to proceed
Footdragging is deliberate slowness or reluctance to act, especially when someone is expected to move forward on something: The committee's footdragging on the proposal frustrated everyone.
The image is of someone shuffling their feet rather than walking with purpose.
Also spelled as two words or hyphenated: foot-dragging, foot dragging.
Enforced waiting period
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
- stonewallingDeliberately refusing to respond
- hindranceBarrier to progress
impediment · protraction · postponement · deferral · moratorium · temporizing · slowdown · blocking
Leisurely time-wasting
- delayingCausing later occurrence
- dilly-dallyingWasting time indecisively
- lollygaggingAimless time-wasting
- defermentAuthorized delay of obligation
time-wasting · tarrying · lingering · lagging · dilatoriness · shilly-shallying · straggling · lackadaisical
Delay from uncertainty
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- disinclinationLack of desire
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
- ambivalenceConflicting emotions coexisting
tentativeness · reticence · wavering · misgivings · qualms · demurral · lukewarmness · half-heartedness
delay
Enforced waiting period
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
- stonewallingDeliberately refusing to respond
hindrance · impediment · protraction · postponement · deferral · moratorium · temporizing · slowdown · blocking · obstructionism
dawdling
Leisurely time-wasting
- delayingCausing later occurrence
- dilly-dallyingWasting time indecisively
- lollygaggingAimless time-wasting
deferment · time-wasting · tarrying · lingering · lagging · dilatoriness · shilly-shallying · straggling · lackadaisical · unhurried
hesitation
Delay from uncertainty
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- disinclinationLack of desire
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
ambivalence · tentativeness · reticence · wavering · misgivings · qualms · demurral · lukewarmness · half-heartedness · unenthusiasm
footdraggingeagerness
Intense willingness to act
enthusiasm · willingness · keenness · zeal · readiness
footdraggingcooperation
Joint action toward shared aims
facilitation · helpfulness · responsiveness · compliance · accommodation
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