tardy

adjective

ˈtär-dē How to pronounce tardy (audio)
Definition of tardynext
1
as in leisurely
moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed thus far progress on the project has been tardy

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2
as in delayed
not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time explained that I was tardy because my car had broken down on the way to work

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Recent Examples of tardy And the chronically tardy Giannis Antetokounmpo leaks his desire to be traded to ESPN, while maintaining plausible deniability. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 16 May 2026 By the main course, most tardy guests have managed to arrive, but not all. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 4 May 2026 When Noble reopened after the pandemic abated, tardy rates soared, staff satisfaction plummeted, and violence on campus, previously rare, spiked. — Steven F. Wilson, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026 Teachers accepted tardy excuses from parents of students stuck in gas lines. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tardy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tardy
  1. leisurely
  2. delayed
  3. slow
  4. late
  5. dilatory
  6. delinquent
  7. lagging
  8. belated
Adjective
  • With Prague Boats, a two-hour trip takes you out into the suburbs for a leisurely journey through a different side of Prague.
    — Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 21 July 2026
  • Previously contained by Happy Madison and the occasional Gary Sánchez outing, we’re now inundated by comedies about the leisurely arts.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 July 2026
Definition of leisurely
Adjective
  • The impact is already being felt across various regions, from a delayed start to the Indian monsoon to a temporary halt to Peru’s fishing season.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 21 June 2026
  • That meant a delayed return to full activities.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Definition of delayed
Adjective
  • After the shooting, the victim’s car was seen on surveillance footage driving in slow circles as federal agents appeared to try and stop the vehicle.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Thus far, capital markets more broadly have been slow to respond to this threat for a variety of reasons.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 18 July 2026
Definition of slow
Adjective
  • Most projections land somewhere between late July and mid-August.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • At the same time, Rudolph was given a chance to win an important late-season game for the Steelers last year and committed a pair of costly turnovers in a loss to Chicago.
    — Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of late
Adjective
  • Even when progress is made—like 2017’s commitment to allow American credit cards into China—Beijing is dilatory on execution.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 May 2026
  • He can’t be blamed for the agency’s dilatory response to problems at the plant.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 May 2022
Definition of dilatory
Adjective
  • The slump in office leasing also unleashed waves of slumping values, failed property loans and even foreclosures of delinquent mortgages.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
  • City officials say the settlement is part of a broader effort to recover delinquent utility accounts.
    — Verónica Egui Brito July 16, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Definition of delinquent
Adjective
  • Microsoft’s video game division plans to eliminate 3,200 jobs, or around 20% of its staff, over the next year as part of a sweeping reorganization to revive the company’s lagging games division.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The United States typically experiences the lagging edge of Latin American displacement waves.
    — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Definition of lagging
Adjective
  • The closer and title track serve as a belated mission statement, at once tonally busy and capaciously arranged, as if to make the frequency spectrum itself a character in the songs.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 June 2026
  • The journey proves a belated act of self-discovery.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 17 May 2026
Definition of belated

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