interminable delay
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinterminableanddelay
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interminable
adjective
uk/ɪnˈtɜː.mɪ.nə.bəl/us/ɪnˈtɝː.mɪ.nə.bəl/
continuing for too long and therefore boring ...
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delay
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈleɪ/us/dɪˈleɪ/
the situation in which you have to wait longer than expected for something to happen, or the time that you have ...
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(Definition ofinterminableanddelayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Decisions need to be kept as close as possible to the patient andinterminabledelay, occasioned by seemingly endless consultation, seeking reconciliation of basically irreconcilable views should be avoided.
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Decisions need to be kept as close as possible to the patient andinterminabledelay, occasioned by seemingly endless consultation, seeking reconciliation of basically irreconcilable views, should be avoided.
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If you want a foreign book you may be lucky, but in general there isinterminabledelay.
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There is no intention of creatinginterminabledelay.
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There was aninterminabledelayin obtaining any responses from them.
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Surely we can find a more effective way of allowing legitimate objections without disruption andinterminabledelay.
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To wait until she was willing to accept it would meaninterminabledelay.
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If that is not the case, why thisinterminabledelay?
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Every-one can see that this is the same old game of trickery andinterminabledelaywhich is being tried on once more.
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If not, at least they can say why there is thisinterminabledelay.
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There is aninterminabledelaybefore tests can take place, and the queue is growing longer.
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How well we know theinterminabledelayand procrastination when progress is undesirable, however urgent the needs of the consumer.
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I should have thought that it would entailinterminabledelay.
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It was that we shall get involved ininterminabledelayif we do not look out.
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It has the appearance of action, but the reality is one ofinterminabledelayand inaction.
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I do not know the reason for the hold-up, but there is aninterminabledelay.
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The most important point is theinterminabledelaywhich has taken place.
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There is a sense of urgency in the diagnosis of cancer and intelligent women fret atinterminabledelayin introducing a scheme.
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Really, it is an amazing thing that there should be that almostinterminabledelayin dealing with a very urgent unemployment problem.
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The medical laboratory technicians are complaining about theinterminabledelayin considering one of their salary claims.
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