lateness

lateness
noun /ˈleɪt.nɪs,ˈleɪt.nəs/
The property of being late

His chronic lateness will cost him a promotion if not his job.


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  • Lateness — Late ness, n. The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lateness — index delay Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Lateness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Lateness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,132,} lateness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 tardiness tardiness &c.(slowness) 275 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 delay delay delation Sgm: N 2 cunctation …   English dictionary for students

  • lateness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Coming after the expected time Nouns 1. lateness, tardiness, slowness, unpunctuality; delay, procrastination, deferring, deferment, postponement, adjournment, prorogation, retardation, respite;… …   English dictionary for students

  • lateness — late ► ADJECTIVE 1) acting, arriving, or happening after the proper or usual time. 2) belonging or taking place far on in a particular time or period. 3) far on in the day or night. 4) (the/one s late) (of a person) no longer alive. 5) (the/one s …   English terms dictionary

  • lateness — noun see late I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lateness — See late. * * * …   Universalium

  • lateness — Synonyms and related words: afterlife, anachronism, antedating, anticipation, brand newness, callowness, dewiness, earliness, following, freshness, future time, gloss of novelty, greenness, hangover, historical error, immaturity, impropriety,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • lateness — late·ness || leɪtnɪs n. quality of being late, tardiness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • lateness — n 1. tardiness, unpunctuality, unpunctu alness; slowness, laggardness, lagging, loitering, lingering, tarrying, dallying, dilly dallying, dawdling, hanging back. 2. delay, cunctation, procrastination, dilatoriness, procrastinativeness;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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