DELAYED


Meaning of DELAYED in English

[adjective] [before noun]Delayed means happening at a later time than expected or intended.Officials said that the reason for the large number of delayed trains was the bad weather conditions. [before noun]The protests are a delayed reaction to last week's announcement.The bomb had a delayed-action fuse which had been set to go off ten hours after it was planted.He's suffering from delayed shock.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.