belatedness

It’s a belated follow-up to an earlier study that looked at the effects of strength training on running economy, which is a measure of how much energy you require to sustain a given pace.

A few belated speeches from an Illinois senator could not now convince Southern Democrats otherwise.

Of late years they are growing conscious of their own belatedness, and that touches a tender spot.

This belatedness causes a jerky motion of the arm and imparts it to the hand.

The "belatedness" of your letter only made me fear that I had offended you.