Adjective She was tardy to work. They were tardy in filing the application.
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Adjective
Not only are students missing out on learning time in the mornings, but staff often have to stay an hour or longer after school with students to wait for tardy buses, while families wait frantically at bus stops. James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2022 Comic-Con panel in order to kill time for a tardy Kevin Smith? Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022 Reyes not only was slow in the field and on the bases, but his bat looked heavy and tardy. Terry Pluto, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2022 At Affirm, there are no late fees, but tardy payments can affect the customer’s chances of borrowing in the future. Natasha Zurnamer, Forbes, 1 June 2022 Her tardy search for the truth becomes a fascinating exploration of the way history is shaped by facts, competing desires and even archival accidents. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 17 May 2022 An expectation that Europe would step up to support Taiwan and oppose China is part of the calculus despite government/DoD recognition that Europeans simply would not have acted to support Ukraine in the absence of (sadly tardy) American leadership. Eric Tegler, Forbes, 27 May 2022 The good news for my friend in his dream of being tardy for the history test is his late mother also shows up in his dreams to console him. Terry Pluto, cleveland, 2 July 2022 The tardy response to an EV glitch is eerily similar to the Chevy Bolt saga at General Motors GM +2.6% (GM). Jon Markman, Forbes, 15 June 2022
Noun
Even more important, Feuell said, Chrysler will emerge as the bell cow in the U.S. for Stellantis’s tardy but accelerating electrification efforts. Dale Buss, Forbes, 31 July 2022 But why not grant one tardy statuette, just to mark the spot? Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2022 This fall many of these same students as well as others are missing classes because of tardy or no-show buses and for other reasons.BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2014 Districts with fewer school nurses report higher rates of tardy and absentee students. Laken Brooks, Forbes, 30 May 2021 The casting is, for the most part, quite good, if a little tardy in showcasing more marquee-worthy members. Brian Lowry, CNN, 17 Dec. 2020 Three snaps later, on fourth-and-5, Garoppolo’s tardy and off-target sideline throw toward Taylor, who was briefly open, meant a first down became a game-sealing pass breakup for cornerback Byron Murphy Jr. Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 14 Sep. 2020 Online doors opened via Zoom promptly at 8 a.m., with a tardy recorded after 8:15 a.m. Students’ presence was required for the duration with live classes, including physical education via Zoom and a social hour. Rifat Malik, Dallas News, 1 July 2020 His tardy and limp comments about peaceful demonstrations came only after congressional resolutions and John McCain’s Senate tongue-lashing for their absence. Andrew Malcolm, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Jan. 2018 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
alteration of earlier tardif, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *tardivus, from Latin tardus