lateness
nounUK, US /ˈleɪt.nɪs/
Etymology From late + -ness.
1
Usually The state of being late.
- His chronic lateness will cost him a promotion if not his job.
- A 40 m.p.h. slack at West Ruislip, quickly followed by a 30 m.p.h. slack at Gerrards Cross, increased our lateness to four minutes at High Wycombe.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103:
- Synonyms
- belatedness, tardiness, behindhandness, lateness, tardity
- Antonyms
- earliness, punctuality
- Derived terms
- fashionable lateness
- Hypernyms
- untimeliness