tardiest
Latest to arrive
Tardiest is the superlative form of tardy, meaning the most late or slowest to arrive.
It often appears in school contexts where attendance is tracked: She was tardiest in the class, missing first period twelve times this semester.
The word can also describe the slowest in any group: Of all the responses, his was the tardiest.
Slow and inactive
- lethargicLacking energy or alertness
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
- unhurriedTaking one's time
lagging · poky · snail-paced · crawling · glacial · torpid · slothful · languid
Person arriving past time
- stragglerOne who lags behind
- dawdlerPerson who delays unnecessarily
- laggardOne falling behind
- tail-enderFinal-place competitor
Johnny-come-lately · lingerer · slowpoke · procrastinator · loiterer · foot-dragger · trailing · hindmost
Past expected arrival
- lateNot on time
- missedFailed to reach
- extensionAdded part or duration
- procrastinationHabitual task avoidance
submission · unpunctual · delinquent · belated · delayed · incomplete · unfinished
sluggish
Slow and inactive
unhurried · lagging · poky · snail-paced · crawling · glacial · torpid · slothful · languid · creeping
latecomer
Person arriving past time
tail-ender · Johnny-come-lately · lingerer · slowpoke · procrastinator · loiterer · foot-dragger · trailing · hindmost
overdue
Past expected arrival
procrastination · submission · unpunctual · delinquent · belated · delayed · incomplete · unfinished