lateness
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈleɪtnəs/
:
impuntualidad
- I apologize for my lateness in arriving at the meeting yesterday.
- employee lateness
- lateness behavior
- lateness policy
And you may have brought it up because this time their lateness had some real, meaningful ramifications.
- And you may have brought it up because this time their lateness had some real, meaningful ramifications.
- This trigger is this triggers bad this this lateness is triggering this, this doughnut.
Examples
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I apologize for my lateness, Senator.
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His success seems to have stemmed in large measure from the lateness of its founding.
Academic text (1994) -
Virginia, please excuse the lateness of the hour, but I simply could not wait.
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But perhaps the real purpose is to alert us to the lateness of the hour.
Blog text (25) -
I do apologize for the lateness of the hour.
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Moreover, in many organizations, the whole concept of lateness may not be particularly relevant.
Academic text (2002) -
An understanding of the organization's lateness policy can help clarify what was involved in this case.
Academic text (2002) -
Because of the lateness of the hour, says Harry-Barry, they will not sing the national anthem.
Fiction book (1991) -
Ascolino consulted his non-existent watch and remarked on the lateness of the hour.
Fiction book (1990) -
Let me begin by first apologizing to you, Miss Evans, and everyone else, uh, not only for the lateness of the hour, but for the inconvenience and the worry that you've all been put through.
Synonyms
434
1.3
A time when something happens later than planned
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4.1
Arriving late for work, school, or an appointment
1
4.5
A repeated failure to arrive on time
A state of being late or delayed beyond the expected time
A thing that happens at the wrong time and causes problems
Antonyms
Compounds
How Late
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lateness comes from the simple word late, which means 'after the expected time', plus the ending -ness meaning 'the state of'. So lateness is the 'state of being late', just like later and latest show things that come 'after'.