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单词 tardiness
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Definition of tardiness in English:

tardiness

noun ˈtɑːdɪnəsˈtɑrdinəs
mass noun
  • The quality or fact of being late; lateness.

    forgive my tardiness, I had some very important business to attend to
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rigidity in the labour market, wage-induced inflation and tardiness in technological adaptation were the predictable results.
    • I owe a few people email responses but I know I'll be forgiven for my tardiness.
    • Luckily, the plane was delayed, so their tardiness at Heathrow went unnoticed.
    • My tardiness has been heavily influenced by my employment commitments and, as such, was somewhat unavoidable.
    • Humiliated by its tardiness in plugging into the Internet boom, Japan is determined not to suffer the same indignity in bioscience.
    Synonyms
    belatedness, unpunctuality, lateness, delay, retardation, dilatoriness

Definition of tardiness in US English:

tardiness

nounˈtärdēnəsˈtɑrdinəs
  • The quality or fact of being late; lateness.

    forgive my tardiness, I had some very important business to attend to
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Humiliated by its tardiness in plugging into the Internet boom, Japan is determined not to suffer the same indignity in bioscience.
    • I owe a few people email responses but I know I'll be forgiven for my tardiness.
    • Luckily, the plane was delayed, so their tardiness at Heathrow went unnoticed.
    • Rigidity in the labour market, wage-induced inflation and tardiness in technological adaptation were the predictable results.
    • My tardiness has been heavily influenced by my employment commitments and, as such, was somewhat unavoidable.
    Synonyms
    belatedness, unpunctuality, lateness, delay, retardation, dilatoriness
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