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tardy

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tardy

adjective

I was fired for being tardy too often:

late, unpunctual, behind time, behind schedule, behind, behindhand, not on time, overdue, belated, delayed, running late;

slow;

dilatory.

▷antonyms punctual, early, on time.

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