tardiness
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[edit]tardiness (countable and uncountable, plural tardinesses)
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being tardy.
- 1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Drivers' Reprisals”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:
- Some ten years ago, an evening excursion train from the Walsall area to Manchester, when travelling well over the heavily-graded Walsall-Rugeley line, was brought to a stand at a level crossing at Hednesford by the tardiness of a gatekeeper, who was pottering about in his garden instead of attending to his duties.
- (countable) The result or product of being tardy.
Synonyms
[edit]- (quality of being tardy): lateness, tardity; see also Thesaurus:lateness
Antonyms
[edit]- earliness, punctuality; see also Thesaurus:earliness or Thesaurus:punctuality
Translations
[edit]the state of being late
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