prevaricate
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–verb (used without object)
to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
—Synonyms
evade, shift.
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prevaricate, procrastinate (vv.)
Both are pejorative:
to prevaricate is "to mislead or lie (about something)";
to procrastinate is "to put (something) off," "to postpone or defer."
see quibble
voracious
procrastination
cavil (unnecessarily)
quibble
prevaricate (mislead)
equivocate (ambiguous to mislead)
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