tardier; tardiest
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She was tardy to work.
They were tardy in filing the application.
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Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
But his perpetually tardy filing led to error: nuances morphed into nuisances.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
The one who is tardy to the party apologizes for the delay and promises to head over.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
Morrissey asserted that the tardy disclosure of the Teske rounds did not hamper Baldwin’s defense because his attorneys apparently knew about the ammunition before the trial.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
Now, even that default 10 year lookback is absent from the aforementioned composite edition, as well as the also tardy prior composite edition covering 2017-19.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
But his perpetually tardy filing led to error: nuances morphed into nuisances.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
The one who is tardy to the party apologizes for the delay and promises to head over.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
Morrissey asserted that the tardy disclosure of the Teske rounds did not hamper Baldwin’s defense because his attorneys apparently knew about the ammunition before the trial.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Tardy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tardy. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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