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tardiness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tardiness

the quality or state of being late

  • habitual tardiness will be recorded in your personnel file
Synonyms of tardiness

belatedness, delinquency, lateness
Words Related to tardiness

dilatoriness, sluggishness
Near Antonyms of tardiness

promptitude, promptness, punctuality
Antonyms of tardiness

earliness, prematureness, prematurity

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