late start
Began after planned
A late start is a beginning that comes after the expected or usual time.
Schools sometimes schedule late starts for weather or teacher training, letting students arrive an hour or two later than normal.
Someone who begins a career or pursuit later than typical has gotten a late start: She got a late start in medicine, entering medical school at forty.
- delayedMade to wait longer
- behindAt the rear
- behind scheduleNot on time
- oversleepSlumber too long
- sleep inWake later than usual
tardy · rushing · hit snooze · snooze · alarm · morning · scramble · out the door · catch-up · play catch-up · lost time · setback · slow · procrastinate · lag · missed · hurried · frantic
- Common Mistakesprocrastination, forgetting, oversight, miscalculation, rushing
- timing problemsdelay, lag, timeout, missed deadline, poor timing
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- late excusesstuck in traffic, lost track of time, delayed, behind schedule, overslept
- schedule changescancellation, postponement, delay, reschedule, date change
- investment pitfallsovertrading, panic selling, overleveraging, overconfidence, poor timing
late startearly start
Beginning before others
head start · running start · jump start · early departure · flying start
late startearly start
Beginning before others
head start · early bloomer · child prodigy · wunderkind · early entry
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