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tardiness

[tahr-dee-nis] / ˈtɑr di nɪs /
NOUN
lateness
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Arriving 45 minutes late and apologising for his "tardiness", the American made a bizarre plug for a brand of mouthguard before repeating previous comments about needing to "heal" from personal issues and past losses.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

She was late so often for school that administrators said she might have to repeat some classes and asked for a doctor’s note to explain the tardiness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Others riffed on her well-known history of tardiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

A rabbit in full formal attire, prattling on about his tardiness?

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025

It might have been that my tardiness in learning to sense white people as “white” people came from the fact that many of my relatives were “white”-looking people.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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