lateness n : quality of coming late or later in time [ant: earliness]

English

Noun

1. The property of being late

   His chronic lateness will cost him a promotion if not his job.

Translations

• German: Verspätung
• Icelandic: seinleiki
• Romanian: întârziere , zăbavă

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