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Webster 1913 Edition


Tardiness

Tar′di-ness

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Noun.
The quality or state of being tardy.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tardiness

T`ARDINESS

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Noun.
[from tardy.] Slowness; or the slowness of motion or pace.
1.
Unwillingness; reluctance manifested by slowness.
2.
Lateness; as the tardiness of witnesses or jurors in attendance; the tardiness of students in attending prayers or recitation.

Definition 2024


tardiness

tardiness

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Noun

tardiness (countable and uncountable, plural tardinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being tardy.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being tardy.

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