tardiness
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈtɑrdɪnəs/
:
impuntualidad
- Her tardiness to the meeting made everyone else wait and delayed the discussion.
- frequent tardiness
- tardiness and absenteeism
- absence or tardiness
Examples
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And walking into a convocation of judges twitching with annoyance at their tardiness isn't going to help gain their trust.
Fiction book (1996) -
Her homeroom teacher was talking about tardiness just as she walked in.
Fiction book (2001) -
Many, many people contributed to my tardiness.
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Apologies for the tardiness, but, uh, I did bring pie.
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I do not tolerate tardiness in any of my classes.
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Do you think there is a correlation between tardiness and failure?
Blog text (1) -
My apologies to everyone for the unexpected tardiness of the blog!
Blog text (9) -
Apologies for my tardiness.
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Sanctions for excessive absenteeism and tardiness are most frequently detention, suspensions, and Saturday school.
Academic text (1991) -
Frequent tardiness can negatively affect your reputation at work.
Synonyms
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1.6
Arriving after the time people expect you to be there
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4.5
A repeated failure to arrive on time
A state of being late or delayed beyond the expected time
Antonyms
How Tardy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tardiness comes from the old Latin word tardus, which means 'slow', and it is the same root as the English word tardy. Think of a slow clock or someone moving slowly — that's why tardiness means being late or not arriving on time.