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111backward — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. retarded, slow, underdeveloped; third world; delayed, tardy; unwilling, loath, shy. See rear, unwillingness, lateness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [To the rear] Syn. rearward, astern, behind, aback,… …
112belated — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See lateness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. late, remiss, tardy, overdue; see late 1 , slow 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. tardy, overdue, late, delayed, past due. ANT.: timely, prompt IV… …
113lateness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Coming after the expected time Nouns 1. lateness, tardiness, slowness, unpunctuality; delay, procrastination, deferring, deferment, postponement, adjournment, prorogation, retardation, respite;… …
114overdue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. past due, late, delayed. See lateness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. delayed, belated, tardy; see late 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not being on time: behindhand, belated, late, tardy. See …
115belatedly — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adverb Not on time: behind, behindhand, late, tardily. See TIME …
116tardily — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adverb Not on time: behind, behindhand, belatedly, late. See TIME …
117Lateness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Lateness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,132,} lateness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 tardiness tardiness &c.(slowness) 275 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 delay delay delation Sgm: N 2 cunctation …
118backward — (adv.) c.1300, from abakward, from O.E. on bæc (see BACK (Cf. back) (adv.)) + weard adj./adv. suffix (see WARD (Cf. ward)). O.E. had the adverb bæcling. As an adjective, from 1550s. Meaning behindhand with regard to progress is first attested… …
119dilatory — a. Slow, tardy, lingering, loitering, sluggish, laggard, lagging, behindhand, backward, procrastinating …
120remiss — a. 1. Slack, dilatory, slow, backward, behindhand, tardy, lax, languid. 2. Inattentive, negligent, careless, thoughtless, heedless, neglectful, lax, slothful, slack, slow, dilatory …
