1) Causing delay 2) Dawdling 3) Dragging feet 4) Laggard 5) Slow 6) Slow; tardy 7) Tardy 8) Unpunctual 9) Wasting time 1) Cautious 2) Laggard 3) Late 4) Pokey 5) Poky 6) Slow 7) Tardy 8) Unpunctual 
slow; given to delay or procrastination
• (a.) Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant. • (a.) Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.
Dil'a·to·ry adjective [ Latin dilatorius , from dilator a delayer, from dilatus , used as past participle of differe to defer, delay: confer French dilatoire . See Dilate , Differ , Defer .] 1. Inclined to defer or put off what ought...
That which is intended for delay. It is a maxim that delays in law are odious.
[adj] - inclined to waste time and lag behind
[Wuthering Heights] inclined to delay; slow or late in doing things.
laggard adjective inclined to waste time and lag behind
tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy. · intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision: a dilatory strategy.
[Literary terms] wasting time