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Tardiness
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or quality of being tardy. uncountable
"Some ten years ago, an evening excursion train from the Walsall area to Manchester, when travelling well over the heavily-graded Walsall-Rugeley line, was brought to a stand at a level crossing at Hednesford by the tardiness of a gatekeeper, who was pottering about in his garden instead of attending to his duties."
- 2 the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time wordnet
- 3 The result or product of being tardy. countable
Etymology
From tardy + -ness.
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