Meaning

5 senses
  1. Late; overdue or delayed.

    He yawned, then raised a tardy hand over his mouth.

  2. Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift.

    verspätet

    запозда́лыйzapozdályj

  3. Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull.

    His tardy performance bordered on incompetence.

    langsam, säumig

    медли́тельныйmedlítelʹnyj

  4. (obsolete)Unwary; unready (especially in the phrase take (someone) tardy).

  5. (obsolete)Criminal; guilty.

More definitions
  • after the expected or usual time; delayed

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Don't be tardy.

    Не запізнюйся. — deniko

    ruНе задерживайся. — marafon

  2. Leave now so you're not tardy.

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  3. They got the sack for being careless and tardy.

    ruИх уволили за беспечность и медлительность. — odexed

  4. Because I was tardy a lot, I got on the teacher's bad side.

  5. His teacher sent him to the principal's office for being tardy too many times.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
later in relation to the proper time:
ineffectual; slow witted, slow to act, or dull:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
later in relation to the proper time:
ineffectual; slow witted, slow to act, or dull:

Origin

From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (

From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow”, “sluggish”), of obscure origin.

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Forms

tardier, tardiest
Comparativetardier Lesson
Superlativetardiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
late, overdue, not on time:belateddelayed
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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