as in lateness
the quality or state of being late
the belatedness of the payment resulted in us being charged overdue fees
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Recent Examples of belatedness
For a notorious 2006 exhibition at Maureen Paley in London, Violette took the anticlimax of belatedness as his subject, engineering a spectacle of frustrated anticipation.
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Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belatedness
lateness
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At the George offices, Berman loses it once and for all at John’s lateness, his indifference to the daily operations of the magazine, and his hardheaded refusal to consider the TV show.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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The lateness of the case is the Democrats’ own fault.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Belatedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belatedness. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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