putoff

noun
UK /ˈpʊtɒf/
US /ˈpʊtɔːf/

A putoff is something that makes you not want to do something.

The long line at the ride was a real putoff for the kids.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. An excuse used to delay doing something.

He used a putoff about being too busy to avoid the chore.

3. A person who keeps delaying or postponing things.

She's such a putoff that her homework is always late.

4. The act of postponing something to a later time.

The meeting's putoff until next week upset everyone.