tardy
Not on time
Tardy means late or delayed, arriving after the expected time.
The word appears most often in school contexts, where students receive tardy slips for showing up after the bell: She was marked tardy three times this week.
Tardy can also describe slow movement or action: a tardy response to the crisis.
Not on time
- behindAt the rear
- overduePast expected arrival
- belatedArriving after expected
- unpunctualHabitually not timely
delayed · behind schedule · running late · last-minute · eleventh-hour · detention · attendance · punctuality
Slow and inactive
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- laggingFailing to keep pace
- unhurriedTaking one's time
- pokySlow or cramped
plodding · lumbering · dillydallying · loitering · lingering · straggling · meandering · snail-paced
Neglectful of duty
- neglectfulFailing to care properly
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- carelessInattentive, prone to mistakes
- laxInsufficiently firm or rigorous
slack · inattentive · forgetful · unmindful · heedless · derelict · negligent · slipshod
late
Not on time
unpunctual · delayed · behind schedule · running late · last-minute · eleventh-hour · detention · attendance · punctuality · timeliness
sluggish
Slow and inactive
poky · plodding · lumbering · dillydallying · loitering · lingering · straggling · meandering · snail-paced · dragging feet
remiss
Neglectful of duty
- neglectfulFailing to care properly
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- carelessInattentive, prone to mistakes
lax · slack · inattentive · forgetful · unmindful · heedless · derelict · negligent · slipshod · oversight
detention
Temporary official holding
write-up · mark · absence · truancy · record · excuse · note · pass · accountability · reprimand
- not on timelate, delayed, overdue, belated, running late
- school attendanceattendance, absence, absences, truancy, excused
- slownessslow, sluggish, leisurely, unhurried, crawl
- timing problemsdelay, lag, timeout, late arrival, late start
- elementary schoolclassroom, student, first grade teacher, reading skills, teacher
- timesecond, minute, hour, day, seconds
- tardy slipForm for late students
- tardy policyRules about being late
tardiness, retard, tardies, tardily, retardation, tardigrade, tardier, tardiest