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unpunctual

unpunctual adjective: not punctual.

Adjective

unpunctual (not comparable)

  1. Not punctual.
    • Jim was so unpunctual — always late!
    • Indeed, the only unpunctual trains appear to be some of the International ones, and with these, if they are likely to be over an hour late reaching the frontier-station, the Swiss run their own train over the route provided the International express was being used for inter-communication with...1947 November and December, Lord Garnock, “A Swiss Railway Miscellany”, in Railway Magazine, page 341

Origin of unpunctual

From un- + punctual.

Words formed from unpunctual

Questions about unpunctual

What does unpunctual mean?
Unpunctual means not punctual.
What part of speech is unpunctual?
Unpunctual is an adjective.

Words near unpunctual in the dictionary

  1. unpunchable
  2. unpunched
  3. unpunctate
  4. unpunctated
  5. unpunctilious
  6. unpunctual
  7. unpunctualities
  8. unpunctuality
  9. unpunctually
  10. unpunctualness
  11. unpunctuate

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