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laches
Part of speech: NounA law term, meaning neglect or negligence; inexcusable delay.
Usage examples "laches":- Aristophanes gives them names, purely fancy ones- Draces, Strymodorus, Philurgus, Laches. - "The Eleven Comedies", Aristophanes et al.
- And because of these laches on his part,- on the part of this sententious French Radical,- I was to be thrown over! - "Autobiography of Anthony Trollope", Anthony Trollope.
- Late as it was, I went straight to my club, determined that as I had assumed the responsibility there should be no laches on my part. - "When Love Calls", Stanley J. Weyman.