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Discover LudwigThe phrase "absurdly delayed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something is significantly late or postponed beyond what is reasonable.
Example: "The delivery of our new equipment was absurdly delayed, causing disruptions in our operations."
Alternatives: "ridiculously late" or "unreasonably postponed".
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As aid begins to move into Burma - and even that was absurdly delayed as politicians ran their slide rules of personal advancement over the lives of others - reports have emerged that portions of it are being sold on the open market by government networks.
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The Basel committee has already agreed, somewhat absurdly, to delay the implementation of the requirements until 2019.
Meanwhile, a vote on a bill to deregulate silencers, absurdly packaged in the House as the Hearing Protection Act, was delayed after the Las Vegas shooting, in part because it raised questions about what might have happened if Paddock had had one.
Assuming Iran scrupulously complies with every provision agreed to in Vienna — an absurdly unlikely scenario given the ayatollahs' objectives and history — its ambitions for nuclear weapons will simply have been delayed eight to 10 years.
This absurdly strong top order was let down last time by their bowling and they will hope late arrival Mitchell Starc will not be delayed long.
Absurdly early.
Absurdly wrong.
It's absurdly simple.
They look absurdly happy.
Absurdly good fun.
It's absurdly brilliant.
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