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  • 71lateness — 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;… …

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  • 72slow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. time consuming; dull witted, dense (sl.); tardy, sluggish; slack, leisurely; tedious, boring. See slowness, ignorance, lateness, weariness.Ant., fast, quick witted, bright. v. slacken, moderate,… …

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  • 73tardy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. overdue, late, behind time; slow, slack, dilatory, sluggish. See lateness, latency. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. overdue, too late, behindhand; see late 1 , slow 2 , 3 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 74untimely — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inopportune, unseasonable; intrusive; inexpedient, early, late, anachronistic. See disagreement, earliness, lateness, inexpedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unseasonable, awkward, ill timed,… …

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  • 75Lateness — (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 …

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  • 76Irregularity of recurrence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Irregularity of recurrence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 irregularity irregularity uncertainty unpunctuality Sgm: N 1 fitfulness fitfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 capriciousness capriciousness ecrhythmus|… …

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  • 77irregular — a. 1. Anomalous, abnormal, anomalistic, unusual, unconformable, aberrant, exceptional, eccentric, erratic, devious. 2. Uncertain, unpunctual, capricious, desultory, fitful, variable, changeable. 3. Immethodical, disordered, disorderly. 4.… …

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  • 78uncertain — a. 1. Equivocal, doubtful, dubious, unsettled, indistinct, ambiguous, indefinite, questionable. 2. Unreliable, insecure, precarious, problematical. 3. Not sure, not confident, doubtful, dubious. 4. Irregular, unpunctual, capricious, desultory,… …

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  • 79behind — 1. preposition 1) he hid behind a tree Syn: at the back/rear of, beyond, on the far/other side of, in back of Ant: in front of 2) a guard ran behind him Syn: after, following, at the back …

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  • 80belated — adjective a belated anniversary dinner Syn: late, overdue, behindhand, behind time, behind schedule, delayed, tardy, unpunctual Ant: early …

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