Tardy
adjective
Being late or slow; not on time.
She was tardy for class again
Often appears as...
- tardy for school
- tardy for work
adjective
Moving or acting slowly; not quick or alert.
His tardy response to the situation led to complications
Often appears as...
- tardy response
- tardy action
noun
A record of being late.
He has three tardies this semester
Often appears as...
- three tardies
- multiple tardies
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Being late or slow; not on time.
She was tardy for class again
Often appears as...
- tardy for school
- tardy for work
adjective
Moving or acting slowly; not quick or alert.
His tardy response to the situation led to complications
Often appears as...
- tardy response
- tardy action
noun
A record of being late.
He has three tardies this semester
Often appears as...
- three tardies
- multiple tardies
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Connotation of Rudeness
Using 'tardy' can imply rudeness or disregard for others' time when being late.
His tardiness was taken as rudeness by his peers.
Pro Tip 2/2Professional Context
'Tardy' is often used in professional or formal settings to describe lateness.
Your tardy arrival at meetings must be addressed.
Pro Tip 1/2Connotation of Rudeness
Using 'tardy' can imply rudeness or disregard for others' time when being late.
His tardiness was taken as rudeness by his peers.
Pro Tip 2/2Professional Context
'Tardy' is often used in professional or formal settings to describe lateness.
Your tardy arrival at meetings must be addressed.
Pro Tip 1/2Connotation of Rudeness
Using 'tardy' can imply rudeness or disregard for others' time when being late.
His tardiness was taken as rudeness by his peers.
Pro Tip 2/2Professional Context
'Tardy' is often used in professional or formal settings to describe lateness.
Your tardy arrival at meetings must be addressed.
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so that we don't just continue on this path. And so contact tracing provides the platform to control, but also to see outbreaks in real time popping up, and then respond promptly. So there are many reasons that we have to bring this to scale now. Even though it is tardy.
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Bryson Tiller
American Musician
You would think, because I stayed to myself and I was shy, that I'd be a good student, but actually, I was a bad student. I was in detention a lot, mainly for cutting, being late to class. I was in tardy hall a lot. I hate the idea of homework. I don't get it.
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George Crook
American Soldier
If you will investigate all the Indian troubles, you will find that there is something wrong of this nature at the bottom of all of them, something relating to the supplies, or else a tardy and broken faith on the part of the general government.
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Rachel Campos-Duffy
American Entertainer
Over the years I have heard all the psychological analysis which says that habitually tardy people are narcissists and I don't buy it. I'm late because I am always trying to do one more thing for my family before I leave the door.
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Sophia Amoruso
American Businesswoman
My days of being the tardy employee at the record store gave me a cultural and musical understanding that was more unique than if I'd just listened to garbage-y pop on the radio my entire life.
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Jonathan Majors
American Actor
The interesting thing about an absent father is, for a child, you don't know he's absent. You just think he's... tardy.
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Robert Browning
English Poet
God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance, Rests never on the track until it reach Delinquency.
Quote examples
Bryson Tiller
American Musician
You would think, because I stayed to myself and I was shy, that I'd be a good student, but actually, I was a bad student. I was in detention a lot, mainly for cutting, being late to class. I was in tardy hall a lot. I hate the idea of homework. I don't get it.
Quote examples
George Crook
American Soldier
If you will investigate all the Indian troubles, you will find that there is something wrong of this nature at the bottom of all of them, something relating to the supplies, or else a tardy and broken faith on the part of the general government.
Quote examples
Rachel Campos-Duffy
American Entertainer
Over the years I have heard all the psychological analysis which says that habitually tardy people are narcissists and I don't buy it. I'm late because I am always trying to do one more thing for my family before I leave the door.
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Sophia Amoruso
American Businesswoman
My days of being the tardy employee at the record store gave me a cultural and musical understanding that was more unique than if I'd just listened to garbage-y pop on the radio my entire life.
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Jonathan Majors
American Actor
The interesting thing about an absent father is, for a child, you don't know he's absent. You just think he's... tardy.
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Robert Browning
English Poet
God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance, Rests never on the track until it reach Delinquency.
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