delayed

Happening later than is usual, expected, or desired.

Adjective

  1. Happening later than is usual, expected, or desired.
    • Many, and probably true, anecdotes have been published on the long-delayed and artful revenge of various animals. - 1875, Charles Darwin, chapter 3, in The Descent of...
    • First, if the delayed policy is no more stringent, it will miss the climate target of the original, non-delayed policy [...] - 2014, Council of Economic Advisers, “Section 2”, in The Cost of Delaying Action to Stem...

Synonyms

adjourned bogged down deferred delayed imprompt in abeyance in nubibus interrupted lated logjammed suspended stalled stifled on hold on ice paused postponed retarded tardy

Antonyms

continuous just in time on time recommenced resumed restarted revived nondelayed undelayed

Hypernyms

hindered overdue

Hyponyms

moratory

Related

time-delayed a long time coming delay inactive procrastinate

Derived

nondelayed undelayed

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of delay