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belatedness

be·lat·ed
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bih-ley-tid]
    • /bɪˈleɪ tɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bih-ley-tid]
    • /bɪˈleɪ tɪd/

Definitions of belatedness word

  • adjective belatedness coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings. 1
  • adjective belatedness late, delayed, or detained: We started the meeting without the belated representative. 1
  • adjective belatedness Archaic. obsolete; old-fashioned; out-of-date: a belated view of world politics. 1
  • adjective belatedness Archaic. overtaken by darkness or night. 1
  • noun belatedness The state or quality of being belated or of being too late. 0
  • noun belatedness Slowness; backwardness. 0

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Origin of belatedness

First appearance:

before 1610
One of the 40% oldest English words
1610-20; belate to delay (be- + late) + -ed2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Belatedness

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

belatedness popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

belatedness usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for belatedness

noun belatedness

  • delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
  • slowness — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • tardiness — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
  • dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.

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