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Tardy synonyms

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behindhand
In debt, or in arrears
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  1. In debt, or in arrears
  2. Being late or slow, especially in paying a debt:
  3. Late, tardy, overdue
belated
Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.
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  1. Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.
  2. Having been delayed; done or sent too late:
  3. Late or too late; tardy
late
Coming, occurring, continuing, or remaining after the correct, usual, or expected time; delayed:
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  1. Coming, occurring, continuing, or remaining after the correct, usual, or expected time; delayed:
  2. Of or toward the end or more advanced part, as of a period or stage:
  3. Dead, especially if only recently deceased:
overdue
Past the time for payment
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  1. Past the time for payment
  2. Expected or required but not yet having come about:
  3. Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to fulfill a need.
dilatory
Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.
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  1. Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.
  2. Inclined to delay; slow or late in doing things
  3. Slow or tardy.
slow
Allowing movement or action only at a low speed:
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  1. Allowing movement or action only at a low speed:
  2. Not having or exhibiting intellectual or mental quickness:
  3. Marked by a retarded tempo:
slow-footed
Alternative form of slowfooted.
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  1. Alternative form of slowfooted.
  2. Moving slowly
  3. Proceeding at a tediously slow pace:
poky
Frumpish; shabby:
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  1. Frumpish; shabby:
  2. (Of a room or other enclosed space) small and cramped
  3. Slow
overdue
Expected or required but not yet having come about:
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  1. Expected or required but not yet having come about:
  2. Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to fulfill a need.
  3. Coming or arriving after the scheduled or expected time:
behindhand
Late, tardy, overdue
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  1. Late, tardy, overdue
  2. In debt, or in arrears
  3. Being late or slow, especially in paying a debt:
laggard
Hanging back; loitering.
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  1. Hanging back; loitering.
  2. Slow or late in doing things; falling behind
  3. Slow or delayed in action.
Find another word for tardy. In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tardy, like: late, slow, behindhand, belated, late, overdue, dilatory, slow, slow-footed, slow-going and slow-paced.

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  • in 1559, and is said to have secured for the poet a tardy pension.

  • I was tardy in keeping him informed, especially concerning Julie, now a sort-of member of our group.

  • had resolved on the rehabilitation of Joan of Arc, thus rendering a tardy recognition of her services.

  • Four years after the fall of Ottakar he obtained from the princes a tardy and reluctant assent to the granting of Austria, Styria and Carniola to his own sons, Rudolph and Albert.

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