tardier; tardiest
Examples of tardy in a Sentence
Adjective
She was tardy to work.
They were tardy in filing the application.
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Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2025
Despite arriving to her nearby Historic Folsom station for the 8:15 a.m. train, Jod is still tardy because her ride is late.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2025
If a filer forgoes an extension and files late, the person risks additional fees for the tardy submission.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2025
Ukraine’s tardy recruitment of convicts has produced a small fraction of fighters who had enlisted from Russian prisons.
—Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The maximum penalty is 25%, and taxpayers who are more than 60 days tardy will face a minimum penalty of $510 or the tax balance due, whichever is smaller.
—Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2025
Despite arriving to her nearby Historic Folsom station for the 8:15 a.m. train, Jod is still tardy because her ride is late.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2025
If a filer forgoes an extension and files late, the person risks additional fees for the tardy submission.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2025
Ukraine’s tardy recruitment of convicts has produced a small fraction of fighters who had enlisted from Russian prisons.
—Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Tardy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tardy. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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