Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being tardy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being tardy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The state or quality of being
tardy . - noun countable The result or product of being
tardy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time
Etymologies
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Examples
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Culture plays a significant factor in how "tardiness" is viewed.
Dealing With The Tardiness Of Others | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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The Press Secretary's tardiness is simply uncalled for!
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Some people were raised in cultures where tardiness is tolerated.
Sick of This Text: 'Sorry I'm Late' Elizabeth Bernstein 2010
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Seeing as they have the time on it, tardiness is obviously not a knowledge thing.
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In social situations, this tardiness is usually learned the hard way by foreigners.
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In social situations, this tardiness is usually learned the hard way by foreigners.
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Finally, just because PJP needs a light doesn’t mean that the rest of C’ville need pay the price in tardiness/late arrivals to work due to the backups it causes.
Traffic Light at Peter Jefferson Place at cvillenews.com 2003
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But the House Ethics Committee is expanding its investigation into Rangel's so-called tardiness in disclosing his true financial records.
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So certain was she of his object in coming that his tardiness was a trifle ruffling.
Brewster`s Millions 1902
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The Noa-Noa was overdue from New Zealand, by way of Raratonga, and her tardiness was the chief subject of conversation at our first meeting.
Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word tardiness
"the state or quality of being a tard." ~ uselessness
not cool, u.
March 3, 2007
uselessness commented on the word tardiness
Woah woah woah WOAH woah woah.
Did I say that?
Um. It *does* sound like something I would say, I'll give you that. But from where does this come?
March 3, 2007