Lateness
Lateness noun - The quality or state of being late.
Usage example: we were unable to get into the movie due to our lateness in arriving
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Synonyms for Lateness
Tardiness is a synonym for lateness in time topic. In some cases you can use "Tardiness" instead a noun "Lateness", when it comes to topics like delay, procrastination, unpunctuality, belatedness.
Tardiness
Tardiness noun - The quality or state of being late.
Usage example: habitual tardiness will be recorded in your personnel file
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Synonyms for Tardiness
Lateness is a synonym for tardiness in time topic. You can use "Lateness" instead a noun "Tardiness", if it concerns topics such as procrastination, belatedness.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- delay and lateness
- delay and tardiness
- delinquency and lateness
- delinquency and tardiness
- retardation and lateness
- retardation and tardiness
- detention and lateness
- detention and tardiness
- sluggishness and lateness
- sluggishness and tardiness
- postponement and lateness
- postponement and tardiness
- deferment and lateness
- deferment and tardiness
How words are described
| chronic | chronic lateness | chronic tardiness |
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