unpunctual
6.2
Being late for the agreed time instead of arriving or starting on time
- adjective
- /ʌnˈpʌŋkʧuəl/
:
impreciso
- Because of his unpunctual arrival, he missed the beginning of the concert.
Examples
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Unpunctual.
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"Let's see," Owen said, "the Pope will get here about three, but he's sometimes unpunctual, so we'll have to keep this a little loose."
Fiction book (1991) -
He was always late to meetings, earning a reputation for being unpunctual.
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Her unpunctual behavior frustrated her friends who preferred to stay on schedule.
Synonyms
late
vsunpunctual
∞
1.0
Arriving after the usual or expected time
covers repeated failure to be on time rather than a single delay
tardy
vsunpunctual
25
3.9
Arriving or happening later than expected
is the neutral everyday term for failing to arrive on time
2
9.3
Being slow to act and causing delay
refers simply to not being on time, not to slowing or causing delay
nonpunctual
vsunpunctual
5.5
Not arriving or happening on time
is the general term for not being on time, not only habitual
Antonyms
How Punctual
Surface Forms
unpunctual positive
Morphology
Etymology
Unpunctual starts with un- ('not') and the rest is punctual, which comes from a root meaning 'point' or 'dot', like the English word point. So, unpunctual means 'not on the point' of time — in other words, not on time.