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delayed
[ dih-leyd ]
adjective
delayed flights.
Delayed deliveries cause customers to complain.
a delayed reaction;
a child's delayed development.
- Physics. of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
Other Word Forms
- ܲd· adjective
- ɱ-· adjective
Example Sentences
He said the inquiry should not be delayed because of it.
Construction was delayed again in 1937 when workers went on strike for six weeks.
In a tumultuous series of announcements, the administration has raised, lowered, delayed and retracted tariffs in response to ongoing trade negotiations and stock market reaction.
If neither the public transport mode share or the cars-on-the-road limit are met, then the second runway would be delayed until £350m of road improvements have been completed, it said.
An indictment against her was unsealed last April; the trial date has been delayed three times.
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