delayed delivery

collocation in English

meaningsofdelayedanddelivery

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delayed
adjective[before noun]
uk
/dɪˈleɪd/us
/dɪˈleɪd/
happening at a later time than expected ...
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delivery
noun
uk
/dɪˈlɪv.ər.i/us
/dɪˈlɪv.ɚ.i/
the act of taking goods, letters, parcels, etc. to people's houses or places ...
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(Definition ofdelayedanddeliveryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Long-continued frost and shortage of labour have muchdelayeddelivery, but no effort will be spared to provide potatoes in time for planting.
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Delayeddeliveryof multiple gestations: maternal and neonatal outcomes.
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This focus on strict contract compliance led to protracted wrangles over the meaning of the contract and the specifications, which often resulted indelayeddelivery.
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In addition, women with vertical extensions were more likely to have surgical complications, including broad ligament haematoma, cervical and uterine artery lacerations anddelayeddelivery.
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Long-continued frost and shortage of labour have muchdelayeddelivery, but no effort will be spared to provide potatoes in time for planting.
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Prices are high, there are inadequate steel supplies anddelayeddelivery; and for these reasons, unfortunately, orders are going abroad.
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I do not think it will be long, but the boilermakers' strike hasdelayeddelivery.
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It isdelayeddeliverydates which have been holding us back.
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No amount of fine words in expensively produced brochures will make up fordelayeddelivery, failure to answer inquiries or a defensive attitude to justifiable complaints.
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The decline was attributed to thedelayeddeliveryof equipment.
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Delayeddeliveryof machines kept the factory unfinished throughout 1896 and into 1897.
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