1. Someone who reschedules work, usually because of laziness or habitual carelessness: Jerry's wife accused him of being a cunctator because he didn't wash and dry the towels on the day they were supposed to be done.

Sometimes a cunctator is a person who lingers or puts things off because he or she wants to do them at a later date.

2.Etymology: from Latin cunctator, from cunctari, "to hesitate, to delay". © ALL rights are reserved.

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