belatedness

Example Sentences

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The future seems brighter than the past, however absurd the belatedness.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2021

Those assumptions were belied, obviously, by McCarthy’s success, the belatedness of his downfall, and the abuses of power that greater and lesser figures have managed to get away with since.

From Slate • May 3, 2018

Rommel is all too aware of the belatedness of his efforts, and the fact that time is running out.

From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2017

This sense of belatedness is the theme of “The Talos Project,” a somber and captivating video game by the Croatian studio Croteam.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2016

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

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef