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tardy

adjective

1 tardy

After the expected or usual time; delayed:
— Tardy children are sent to the principal.
— Always tardy in making dental appointments.

synonyms: belated, late.

Roget 133: late, tardy, slow, behindhand, serotine, belated, postliminious, posthumous, backward, unpunctual, untimely; delayed, postponed; dilatory ... show more

Roget 275: slow, slack; tardy; dilatory etc. (inactive) 683; gentle, easy; leisurely; deliberate, gradual; insensible, imperceptible; ... show more


Moby thesaurus: ahead of time, anachronistic, antedated, arrested, back, backward, beforehand, behind, behind time, behindhand, belated, blocked, checked, dated, delayed, delayed-action, detained, dilatory, early, foredated ... show more.

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