He had a very 'delayed' reaction to the medication. [=a reaction that did not happen immediately]
The nurse apologized for the 'delay' [='wait'] and said that the doctor would be in shortly.
Production problems 'delayed' the introduction of the new model by several months.
(..) and so we appreciate your patience, Doctor. Kowalski, we... we know you don't care about things like this, but, uh, for your information, this delay is not gonna be long enough for you to break Anatoly Solovyev's spacewalking record. It seems like you're gonna be left... - Seventy-five minutes shy? (..)2013 Gravity