belated

belated
    adj 1: after the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated
           birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is
           late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal";
           "always tardy in making dental appointments" [syn:
           {belated}, {late}, {tardy}]
    

Belated \Be*lat"ed\, a.
   Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night;
   benighted. "Some belated peasant." --Milton. --
   {Be*lat"ed*ness}, n. --Milton.
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Belate \Be*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belated}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Belating}.]
   To retard or make too late. --Davenant.
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36 Moby Thesaurus words for "belated":
      antique, archaic, arrested, back, backward, behind time,
      behindhand, blocked, dated, delayed, delayed-action, detained,
      held up, hung up, in a bind, in abeyance, jammed, late, latish,
      moratory, never on time, obstructed, oldfangled, out of date,
      out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, overdue, passe, retarded, slow,
      stopped, tardy, unpunctual, unready, untimely