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# tardiness

«tardiness» in Mova's school dictionary: **being late, especially arriving late to school, work or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (tardiness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Tardiness is being late, especially arriving late to school, work or a meeting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tardiness/#m1)

2) Tardiness can mean being slow to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tardiness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school, especially in the USA and Canada, «tardiness» is used for arriving late; there may be rules and «tardy slips». Teachers' reports may mention tardiness. In stories, it describes a character who is always late. Phrases: «tardiness policy», «excuse for tardiness».

### examples

- The school sent a letter home about my tardiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tardiness/#x1)
- Tardiness means missing the start of lessons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tardiness/#x2)
- Her tardiness made the whole team wait. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tardiness/#x3)
- The teacher said tardiness must improve this term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tardiness/#x4)
- Traffic is no excuse for tardiness every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tardiness/#x5)
- The coach does not accept tardiness at practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tardiness/#x6)

### note

Formal; uncountable. Everyday words: «lateness», «being late». From «tardy» + -ness (y changes to i).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tardiness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tardiness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.