tardy

adjective

ˈtär-dē How to pronounce tardy (audio)
Definition of tardynext
1
as in leisurely
moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed thus far progress on the project has been tardy

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2
as in delayed
not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time explained that I was tardy because my car had broken down on the way to work

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Recent Examples of tardy Per Charania, Williamson was tardy in arriving late to the team plane prior to a Thursday flight to Philadelphia. — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 An 85-year-old couple in Spain was left by the Norwegian Viva after a rainstorm made their excursion tardy. — Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024 Only three teams averaged fewer substitutions before the 75th minute than Hayes’ 2.0 per game, while her average time of making a change (74.1 minutes into a game) was tardier than the tournament average of 68.6. — Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024 Learn more: Best credit cards of 2023 A loophole allowed banks to charge excessive late fees, regulators say Under the CARD Act, banks were supposed to charge late fees only to recover their costs in collecting the tardy payments. — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tardy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tardy
  1. leisurely
  2. slow
  3. late
  4. dilatory
  5. delinquent
  6. belated
Adjective
  • Sunday Spanish Moss Trail After a leisurely breakfast at the inn, stroll the Spanish moss trail.
    — Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Broken Bow Lake and the Mountain Fork River, which winds through the pine and hardwood forests, offer options like boating, canoeing, water-skiing, scuba diving, trout fishing, or leisurely river floating.
    — Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of leisurely
Adjective
  • Plan For Possible Delays: Given the potential for slower processing, apply well before needing benefits.
    — Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Don’t confuse grilling with smoking though—the basic difference is smoking is a slow process where food is cooked at low temperatures for a long period while grilling requires high heat applied over a short burst of time.
    — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of slow
Adjective
  • In court filings made late Monday in Baltimore, officials from 18 agencies confirmed that the workers were being reinstated, with most placed on administrative leave temporarily.
    — Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The last bitcoin price boom that saw the bitcoin price climb to around $70,000 in late 2021 came in the aftermath of huge Covid-era government stimulus spending and money-printing.
    — Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of late
Adjective
  • At the Washington Department of Ecology, the state’s primary Hanford watchdog, people have had to stretch their imaginations to accommodate Hanford’s dilatory progress, said Cheryl Whalen, the agency’s cleanup section manager.
    — Valerie Brown, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2018
  • He can’t be blamed for the agency’s dilatory response to problems at the plant.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 May 2022
Definition of dilatory
Adjective
  • For now, struggling borrowers are urged to explore all available options rather than go delinquent.
    — Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Goodwill then foreclosed on the delinquent loan to gain ownership of the site.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of delinquent
Adjective
  • The misguided focus on containment is a belated echo of the nuclear age, when the United States and others limited the spread of atomic bombs by restricting access to enriched uranium, by keeping an eye on what certain scientists were doing and by sending inspectors into labs and military bases.
    — Zeynep Tufekci, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
  • At the time of the film’s release in theaters in October, both Crowe and Adria Petty talked with Variety about what the very belated re-release of the film after more than 40 years meant to them.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
Definition of belated

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