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late bloomer

noun as in person slow to develop talent

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I was a late bloomer because I had already done a lot of time as a Youth Authority ward in ’60.

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For example, the Stars, Islanders and Panthers have found recent success despite a low ranking on the list above, through a combination of savvy acquisitions and patience with their late bloomers.

Bacus, a late bloomer, was briefly sharp before his 2020 ended because of a flexor strain.

But the region, for lack of a better term, was a late bloomer.

School is hard, and I was a late-bloomer in finding out who I was and how to be myself.

Its leadership relies, increasingly, on half-hearted, inexperienced freelancers or unskilled, late-bloomer recruits.

In contrast, Sarah was a late bloomer when it came to romance.

Her family claims her innocence, refuting charges that she is a maneater by insisting that she was a tomboy and a late bloomer.

They are a late bloomer and will occasionally produce a crop when the other sorts have been injured by late freezing.

Ten Week Stock—the "Gillyflower" of grandmother's garden—is a late bloomer.

Lancifolium Punctatum verum is a late bloomer; color, clear white with soft rose spots and green stripes.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to late bloomer, such as: naïve person, sleeper, slowpoke, and up-and-comer.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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