Adjective
She was tardy to work.
They were tardy in filing the application.
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Adjective
Despite arriving to her nearby Historic Folsom station for the 8:15 a.m. train, Jod is still tardy because her ride is late.—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2025 If a filer forgoes an extension and files late, the person risks additional fees for the tardy submission.—Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2025 Ukraine’s tardy recruitment of convicts has produced a small fraction of fighters who had enlisted from Russian prisons.—Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 The district will excuse students who are tardy or absent due to traffic delays.—Lori Hawkins, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tardy
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
alteration of earlier tardif, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *tardivus, from Latin tardus
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