doorgeschoven

Doorgeschoven is a Dutch term that functions as the past participle of doorgeschuiven and as an adjective. It typically describes something that has been moved forward in time or space, most often plans, deadlines, budgets, or decisions that have been postponed or shifted to a later date or phase. The sense can be neutral or slightly negative, depending on context, and it often implies a delay that results from organizational choices or shifting priorities rather than a completed solution.

Common contexts for gebruik include planning, budgeting, and policy discussions. For example, a project timeline may be doorgeschoven to volgend jaar (the next year), or a budget may be doorgeschoven to a later fiscal period. In political or administrative settings, doorgeschoven can carry a nuance of bureaucratic inertia, strategic postponement, or re-prioritization rather than outright abandonment.

Etymology and construction: doorgeschuiven combines the prefix door- with schuiven (to push or slide). In sentences, the past participle is typically used with the auxiliary hebben or zijn, as in het is doorgeschoven or we hebben de planning doorgeschoven.

Related terms include uitstellen (to postpone) and doordrukken (to push through). Doorgeschoven conveys a sense of movement forward in time or responsibility, usually indicating that action has been deferred rather than resolved.