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tardinesses

tardinesses is the plural of tardiness.

Meaning of tardiness

Noun

tardiness (countable and uncountable, plural tardinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being tardy.
    • Some ten years ago, an evening excursion train from the Walsall area to Manchester, when travelling well over the heavily-graded Walsall-Rugeley line, was brought to a stand at a level crossing at Hednesford by the tardiness of a gatekeeper, who was pottering about in his garden instead of...1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Drivers' Reprisals”, in Railway Magazine, page 53
    Synonyms:
    lateness
  2. (countable) The result or product of being tardy.

Questions about tardinesses

What is tardinesses the plural of?
Tardinesses is the plural of tardiness.

Words near tardinesses in the dictionary

  1. tardigradologist
  2. tardigradologists
  3. tardigradous
  4. tardily
  5. tardiness
  6. tardinesses
  7. tardis
  8. TARDIS blue
  9. TARDIS-like
  10. tardises
  11. tardish

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