verb
- delaying or avoiding making a decision or taking action, especially to gain time
Usage: British spelling; present participle of temporise
Examples
- The committee kept temporising instead of voting on the proposal.
- She was temporising, hoping the problem would resolve itself.
- The government’s temporising approach frustrated voters who wanted immediate action.
- Rather than temporising, we need to make a firm decision today.
- His temporising tactics gave the opposition time to organize.
- The CEO was accused of temporising while the company’s finances deteriorated.