tardier; tardiest
Examples of tardy in a Sentence
Adjective
She was tardy to work.
They were tardy in filing the application.
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 July 2025
In plain English, the union says company negotiators have been tardy to bargaining sessions, sometimes by as many as 60 minutes, and aren’t always showing up with counterproposals.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
Tommy John surgery — and pitching for the first time with the Dodgers — made Dodger Stadium the center of the baseball universe and prompted notoriously tardy L.A. sports fans to show up early.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2025
Given how little rotation there was in both the four games’ starting lineups and the quarterfinal’s tardy substitutions, simply being able to walk in time for Tuesday’s semifinal will be worthy of a medal.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
Wiegman’s team selections have been questioned; her apparently tardy use of the substitutes bench was cited as the problem in journalists’ hastily deleted early drafts of match reports from the Sweden and Italy games.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 July 2025
In plain English, the union says company negotiators have been tardy to bargaining sessions, sometimes by as many as 60 minutes, and aren’t always showing up with counterproposals.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
Tommy John surgery — and pitching for the first time with the Dodgers — made Dodger Stadium the center of the baseball universe and prompted notoriously tardy L.A. sports fans to show up early.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2025
Given how little rotation there was in both the four games’ starting lineups and the quarterfinal’s tardy substitutions, simply being able to walk in time for Tuesday’s semifinal will be worthy of a medal.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024
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“Tardy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tardy. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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