tardiness
noun
tar·di·ness
ˈtär-dē-nəs 
: the quality or state of being tardy or late
Students might be sent to Saturday school for any of various infractions, such as tardiness, truancy, smoking, failure to deliver class-work, or creating a disturbance.—
Anne H. Soukhanov
Anne H. SoukhanovWhat you really need is a story that will not only excuse tardiness but encourage your boss to give you the entire day off.—Jeff Foxworthy
Jeff FoxworthyHis habitual tardiness got him fired from job after job, yet he couldn't see the consequences of his actions.—June Kinoshita
June KinoshitaExamples of tardiness in a Sentence
habitual tardiness will be recorded in your personnel file
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For the second year in a row, the five open restrooms are mirrorless, a decision the school’s principal said is an attempt to reduce tardiness and distractions caused by students crowding around mirrors, putting on makeup and touching up their hair.
—Brittany Pierola Diaz, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Cyber tardiness The compounding failures in PowerSchool's crisis self-author a cyber readiness agenda that executives, boards, investors, tech leaders and schools must address.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
That was enough tardiness to let a good chance slip away.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
Eckhart was fired from Fox News in June, 2020, in what the network said was due to tardiness, disclosure of a proprietary graphics package and misappropriation of company resources.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
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Brittany Pierola Diaz, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Cyber tardiness The compounding failures in PowerSchool's crisis self-author a cyber readiness agenda that executives, boards, investors, tech leaders and schools must address.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
That was enough tardiness to let a good chance slip away.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
Eckhart was fired from Fox News in June, 2020, in what the network said was due to tardiness, disclosure of a proprietary graphics package and misappropriation of company resources.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Tardiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tardiness. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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