Tardy

a.	1.	Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift. And check the tardy flight of time. - Sandys. Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave. - Prior.
	2.	Not being inseason; late; dilatory; - opposed to prompt; as, to be tardy in one's payments. The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed. - Waller.
	3.	Unwary; unready.
	4.	Criminal; guilty.
v. t.	1.	To make tardy.

Adj.

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tardy - after the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments" Synonyms: belated, late

ahead of time, anachronistic, antedated, arrested, back, backward, beforehand, behind, behind time, behindhand, belated, blocked, checked, dated, delayed-action, detained, dilatory, early, foredated, held up, hung up, impeded, in a bind, in abeyance, indolent, jammed, lackadaisical, languid, latish, lethargic, listless, metachronistic, misdated, mistimed, moratory, never on time, obstructed, out of date, out of season, parachronistic, past due, phlegmatic, postdated, prochronistic, reluctant, retarded, set back, slack, slothful, slowed down, sluggish, stopped, unpunctual, unready, unseasonable, untimely