unpunctual

adjective

un·punc·tu·al | \ˌən-ˈpəŋk-chə-wəl,

-chəl\

Definition of unpunctual

: not punctual : late or habitually late an unpunctual person

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At first light, muttering insults against all unpunctual men, the 46-year-old divorced woman and her son pushed out into the unknown. — Scott Harrison, latimes.com, "From the Archives: 1987 portraits highlight L.A.'s homeless plight," 7 Mar. 2018 The government is happy to have our unpunctual but deportable bodies. — Héctor Tobar, Slate Magazine, "What does it look like when 1 million people are deported all at once?," 24 Jan. 2017

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