Synonyms for delayed
de·layed

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1. delayedadjective

   not as far along as normal in development

   Antonyms:
   precocious

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1. List of paraphrases for "delayed":

   postponed, deferred, retarded, late, delay, overdue, lagged, belated, tardif, delays, postponement, postpone, re-scheduled, stunted, slowed, delaying, postponing

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How to use delayed in a sentence?

1. Jeremy Stretch:

   For now at least, the optimism that we’re hoping for has been somewhat delayed and that has taken a little bit of steam out of the euro and just put a little bit of support back in the dollar but ultimately I think it is still a case of those high-beta commodity currencies, reflation currencies, will continue to perform well.

2. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw:

   According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Krasner has said he would respond to the coronavirus outbreak by seeking the release of people charged with nonviolent offenses and misdemeanors and asked police to consider the prospect of prison overcrowding when pressing charges. Earlier this week, Philadelphia District Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw clarified a previous statement on a temporary policy regarding delayed arrests for nonviolent crimes during the pandemic. Persons who commit certain nonviolent offenses will be arrested at the scene. Once their identity has been confirmedthey will be released and processed via arrest warrant.

3. Justin Olson:

   My wife wants closure on this, so a denial of clemency would be better than another delayed decision.

4. Chief Executive Olivier Zarrouati:

   We are fed up with this situation and have put in place a combat plan to deal with it, what we want is to reduce to zero the number of delayed seats; we are not quite there but we are making progress.

5. Stephen Rossi:

   Due to the ongoing budget situation in Springfield, some lottery winner payments have been delayed, all winners will be paid in full as soon as the lottery and the Illinois comptroller have the legislative authority to do so.