Home › Words › L › lastminutitislastminutitislastminutitis means the tendency to leave the completion of tasks to the last minute.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, lastminutitis ranks #30,192 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom last minute + -itis.nounThe tendency to leave the completion of tasks to the last minute.e.g.“Alastair Campbell described lastminutitis at conference, with Tony Blair storming around shouting “Where’s the fucking speech?”” — 2015 October 5, Simon Lancaster, “In need of a perfect conference speech, David Cameron? Here’s the recipe”, in The Guardian:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.crastination 60% match — procrastination; delaying things until later vs lastminutitis →delayism 59% match — A tendency to delay. vs lastminutitis →deadliner 55% match — A person who works up until the deadline. vs lastminutitis →procrastination 55% match — The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally. vs lastminutitis →precrastination 54% match — The completion of a task too quickly or too early for the optimal outcome; the compulsion to act in this way. vs lastminutitis →procrastine 53% match — To procrastinate. vs lastminutitis →procrastinate 52% match — To delay taking action; to wait until later. vs lastminutitis →procrastinatory 52% match — Of or pertaining to procrastination. vs lastminutitis →