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endless delay

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meanings of endlessand delay


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endless
adjective
uk /ˈend.ləs/ us /ˈend.ləs/
never finishing, or seeming never ...
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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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Examples of endless delay


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The real bugbear for local authorities is the possibility of endlessdelay and procrastination on the part of "hot" landlords.
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He must have known that he had filed an illegal map and that there would be endlessdelay.
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If it is to be centralised, will that not lead to endlessdelay?
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In the same way damage to power, light and communications is causing endlessdelay and loss of production.
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We believe that a workable, practical timetable has been outlined that will not lead to endlessdelay.
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In any case, there will be endlessdelay.
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The problem is not just endlessdelay and prevarication.
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We should be able to take account of the interests of people affected without endlessdelay.
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The subject contains material that would allow for almost endlessdelay.
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It would mean endlessdelay and would be very unsatisfactory from that point of view.
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There is endlessdelay in settling matters, but the longer the delay, the closer are knitted all sections of our industry here at home.
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The tribe is very disquieted by the endlessdelay that is going on, and if we go on with it we shall have difficult administrative problems to meet.
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To embark on nationalisation in this moment of history, of all times, will cause endlessdelay and distraction just at a time when urgency and speed are important.
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Then, when money becomes a little more available, there seems to be endlessdelay before anything can be done because of all the planning procedures we have to go through.
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However, it is perfectly clear that there have been endless delays and prevarications in making restitution of sequestrated property.
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The land inspectors have simply caused endless delays in land purchase.
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There have been endless delays and changes of mind about this college.
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If the airline then has to find out the information that might be required of that passenger, it could result in endless delays.
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It leads to endless delays, frustrations and even thoroughly bad workmanship.
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Aside from the personal injuries that may occur, there can be terrible problems with paperwork, different procedures and endless delays.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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