tardy

tardy
    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}]
    

Tardy \Tar"dy\, a. [Compar. {Tardier}; superl. {Tardiest}.] [F.
   tardif, fr. (assumed) LL. tardivus, fr. L. tardus slow.]
   1. Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.
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            And check the tardy flight of time.   --Sandys.
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            Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave. --Prior.
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   2. Not being inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed to prompt;
      as, to be tardy in one's payments. --Arbuthnot.
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            The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed.
                                                  --Waller.
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   3. Unwary; unready. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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   4. Criminal; guilty. [Obs.] --Collier.
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   Syn: Slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. See {Slow}.
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Tardy \Tar"dy\, v. t.
   To make tardy. [Obs.] --Shak.
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "tardy":
      ahead of time, anachronistic, antedated, arrested, back, backward,
      beforehand, behind, behind time, behindhand, belated, blocked,
      checked, dated, delayed, delayed-action, detained, dilatory, early,
      foredated, held up, hung up, impeded, in a bind, in abeyance,
      indolent, jammed, lackadaisical, languid, late, latish, lethargic,
      listless, metachronistic, misdated, mistimed, moratory,
      never on time, obstructed, out of date, out of season, overdue,
      parachronistic, past due, phlegmatic, postdated, prochronistic,
      reluctant, retarded, set back, slack, slothful, slow, slowed down,
      sluggish, stopped, unpunctual, unready, unseasonable, untimely